Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Generating Station | |
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Official name | Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant |
Country | United States |
Location | Dothan, Alabama |
Coordinates | 31°13′23″N 85°6′42″W / 31.22306°N 85.11167°W |
Status | Operational |
Construction began | October 1, 1970 |
Commission date | Unit 1: December 1, 1977 Unit 2: July 30, 1981 |
Construction cost | $4.115 billion (2007 USD)[1] |
Owner | Alabama Power |
Operator | Southern Nuclear |
Nuclear power station | |
Reactor type | PWR |
Reactor supplier | Westinghouse |
Cooling towers | 6 × Mechanical Draft |
Cooling source | Chattahoochee River |
Thermal capacity | 2 × 2775 MWth |
Power generation | |
Units operational | 1 × 874 MW 1 × 883 MW |
Make and model | WH 3-loop (DRYAMB) |
Nameplate capacity | 1757 MW |
Capacity factor | 96.18% (2017) 85.50% (lifetime) |
Annual net output | 14,982 GWh (2021) |
External links | |
Website | Plant Farley |
The Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Generating Plant is located near Dothan, Alabama, in the southern United States. The twin-unit nuclear power station sits on a largely wooded and agricultural 1,850-acre (750 ha) site along the Chattahoochee River, approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Columbia, Alabama, in Houston County.