Columbia Generating Station

Columbia Nuclear Generating Station
Columbia Generating Station
and low-draft cooling towers in 2015
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CountryUnited States
LocationBenton County, near Richland, Washington
Coordinates46°28′16″N 119°20′2″W / 46.47111°N 119.33389°W / 46.47111; -119.33389
StatusOperational
Construction beganAugust 1, 1972
Commission dateDecember 13, 1984
(39 years ago)
 (1984-12-13)
Construction cost$6.392 billion (2007 USD)[1]
($9.05 billion in 2023 dollars[2])
OwnerEnergy Northwest
OperatorEnergy Northwest
Nuclear power station
Reactor typeBWR
Reactor supplierGeneral Electric
Cooling towers6 × Mechanical Draft[a]
Cooling sourceColumbia River
Thermal capacity1 × 3544 MWth
Power generation
Units operational1 × 1216 MW
Make and modelBWR-5 (Mark 2)
Nameplate capacity1216 MW
Capacity factor83.14% (2017)
75.10% (lifetime)
Annual net output8128 GWh (2017)
External links
Website[1] Home Website
CommonsRelated media on Commons

Columbia Generating Station is a nuclear commercial energy facility located on the Hanford Site, 10 miles (16 km) north of Richland, Washington. It is owned and operated by Energy Northwest, a Washington state, not-for-profit joint operating agency. Licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in 1983, Columbia first produced electricity in May 1984, and entered commercial operation in December 1984.

Columbia produces 1,207 megawatts net of clean electricity.

  1. ^ "EIA - State Nuclear Profiles". www.eia.gov. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  2. ^ Johnston, Louis; Williamson, Samuel H. (2023). "What Was the U.S. GDP Then?". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved November 30, 2023. United States Gross Domestic Product deflator figures follow the MeasuringWorth series.


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