| Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Power Plant | |
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 E. I. Hatch Nuclear Power Plant near Baxley, Georgia. | |
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| Country | United States |
| Location | Baxley, Appling County, Georgia |
| Coordinates | 31°56′3″N 82°20′38″W / 31.93417°N 82.34389°W |
| Status | Operational |
| Construction began | Unit 1: September 30, 1968 Unit 2: February 1, 1972 |
| Commission date | Unit 1: December 31, 1975 Unit 2: September 5, 1979 |
| Construction cost | $3.214 billion (2007 USD)[1] |
| Owner(s) | Georgia Power (50.1%) OPC (30%) MEAG (17.7%) Dalton Utilities (2.2%) |
| Operator(s) | Southern Nuclear |
| Nuclear power station | |
| Reactor type | BWR |
| Reactor supplier | General Electric |
| Cooling towers | 6 × Mechanical Draft |
| Cooling source | Altamaha River |
| Thermal capacity | 2 × 2804 MWth |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 1 × 876 MW 1 × 883 MW |
| Make and model | BWR-4 (Mark 1) |
| Nameplate capacity | 1759 MW |
| Capacity factor | 94.30% (2017) 81.25% (lifetime) |
| Annual net output | 14,165 GWh (2021 |
| External links | |
| Website | Plant Hatch |
| Commons | Related media on Commons |
The Edwin Irby Hatch Nuclear Power Plant is near Baxley, Georgia, in the southeastern United States, on a 2,244-acre (9 km²) site. It has two General Electric boiling water reactors with a total capacity of 1,848 megawatts. Previously, the reactors had a combined capacity listing of 1,759 MW. Unit 1 went online in 1974 and was followed by Unit 2 in 1978. The plant was named for Edwin I. Hatch, president of Georgia Power from 1963 to 1975, and chairman from 1975 to 1978.
In 2002, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) extended the operating licenses for both reactors for an additional twenty years.
- ^ "EIA - State Nuclear Profiles". www.eia.gov. Retrieved 3 October 2017.