| 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(s) | Constellation Energy |
| Operator(s) | 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 Corp. announced its plans to shut down FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant in Oswego County after the reactor runs out of fuel in 2016.[3] To avoid closure, Exelon Generation agreed to purchase the plant from Entergy at the price of $110 million.[4]
On April 1, 2017, Exelon assumed ownership and operation of the plant. Following separation from Exelon in 2022, Constellation Energy assumed ownership and operation.
- ^ "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.