Grand Gulf Nuclear Generating Station

Grand Gulf Nuclear Generating Station

Grand Gulf nuclear power station is a General Electric boiling water reactor. It lies on a 2,100 acre (8.5 km²) site near Port Gibson, Mississippi. The site is wooded and contains two lakes. The plant has a 520 foot (158 m) cooling tower.

Grand Gulf is operated by Entergy Nuclear and owned jointly by System Energy Resources, Inc.(90 %) and by South Mississippi Electric Power Association (10 %).

On September 22, 2005 it was announced that Grand Gulf had been selected as the site for a GE ESBWR reactor. For details, see Nuclear Power 2010 Program. Next to the vacant, waiting Grand Gulf field is an unfinished concrete structure that was to be the containment structure for a twin to the existing unit. In December 1979, staggered by construction cost Entergy (then called Middle South Utilities) stopped work on this unit.

In 2007, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued an Early Site Permit (ESP) to Grand Gulf. [ cite web
url= http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/regulationSafety/280307-Second_US_site_gains_new_build_permit.shtml
title= Second US site gains new build permit
date= 2007-03-28 |work= |publisher= NRC
accessdate= 2008-08-29
] In 2008, Entergy and NuStart submitted a Combined Construction and Operating License (COL) application for a potential new nuclear unit at the Grand Gulf. [ cite web
url= http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/RS/New_COL_filed-other_US_applications_progressing_280208.html
title= New COL filed; other US applications progressing
date= 2008-02-28 |work= |publisher= NRC
accessdate= 2008-08-29
]

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External links

* [http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/nuclear/page/at_a_glance/reactors/grand_gulf.html DoE Page]
*cite web
url= http://www.nrc.gov/info-finder/reactor/gg1.html
title= Grand Gulf 1
date= 2008-02-14 |work= | publisher= U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
accessdate= 2008-08-29


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