Cooper Nuclear Station

Cooper Nuclear Station
The reactor complex on June 20, 2011 during the 2011 Missouri River Floods
Country	United States
Location	Nemaha County, near Brownville, Nebraska
Coordinates	40°21′43″N 95°38′29″W / 40.36194°N 95.64139°W / 40.36194; -95.64139
Status	Operational
Construction began	June 1, 1968
Commission date	July 1, 1974
Construction cost	$1.152 billion (2007 USD)[1]
Owner(s)	Nebraska Public Power District
Operator(s)	Nebraska Public Power District
Nuclear power station
Reactor type	BWR
Reactor supplier	General Electric
Cooling source	Missouri River
Thermal capacity	1 × 2419 MWth
Power generation
Units operational	1 × 769 MW
Make and model	BWR-4 (Mark 1)
Nameplate capacity	835 MW
Capacity factor	94% (2021) 75.30% (lifetime)
Annual net output	6880 GWh (2021)
External links
Website	Cooper Nuclear Station
Commons	Related media on Commons
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Cooper Nuclear Station (CNS) is a boiling water reactor (BWR) type nuclear power plant located on a 1,251-acre (506 ha) site near Brownville, Nebraska between Missouri River mile markers 532.9 and 532.5, on Nebraska's border with Missouri. It is the largest single-unit electrical generator in Nebraska.