| James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant | |
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.jpg) James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant | |
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| Country | United States |
| Location | Scriba, Oswego County, near Oswego, New York |
| Coordinates | 43°31.4′N 76°23.9′W / 43.5233°N 76.3983°W |
| Status | Operational |
| Construction began | September 1, 1968 |
| Commission date | July 28, 1975 |
| Construction cost | $1.065 billion (2007 USD)[1] |
| Owner | Constellation Energy |
| Operator | Constellation Energy |
| Nuclear power station | |
| Reactor type | BWR |
| Reactor supplier | General Electric |
| Cooling source | Lake Ontario |
| Thermal capacity | 1 × 2536 MWth |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 1 × 813 MW |
| Make and model | BWR-4 (Mark 1) |
| Nameplate capacity | 813 MW |
| Capacity factor | 86.82% (2017) 77.3% (lifetime) |
| Annual net output | 6183 GWh (2017) |
| External links | |
| Website | James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant |
| Commons | Related media on Commons |
The James A. FitzPatrick (JAF) Nuclear Power Plant is located in the Town of Scriba, near Oswego, New York, on the southeast shore of Lake Ontario. The nuclear power plant has one General Electric boiling water reactor. The 900-acre (360 ha) site is also the location of two other units at the Nine Mile Point Nuclear Generating Station.
The power plant was originally built by Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation. FitzPatrick and half of the Nine Mile Point site were transferred to the Power Authority of the State of New York (PASNY), now called the New York Power Authority (NYPA). It was named after Power Authority Chairman James A. FitzPatrick, and the NYPA operated the plant until November 2000 when it was sold to Entergy Corporation.[2] On November 2, 2015, Entergy announced its plans to shut down FitzPatrick at the time of its next fuel change in 2016[3] but instead elected to sell the plant to Exelon Generation for $110 million.[4]
On April 1, 2017, Exelon's generation division, Constellation Energy assumed ownership and continues to operate the plant.
- ^ "EIA - State Nuclear Profiles". www.eia.gov. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
- ^ "Highlights of NYPA History Since 1931". New York Power Authority. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
- ^ Knauss, Tim (Nov 2, 2015). "Entergy to close FitzPatrick nuclear plant in Oswego County". syracuse.com. Retrieved 2016-11-02.
- ^ House, Samantha (August 9, 2016). "Exelon agrees to buy FitzPatrick nuclear plant in Oswego County". syracuse.com. Retrieved 2016-11-02.