Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant

Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant
Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant (NRC image)
Country	United States
Location	Athens, Limestone County, Alabama
Coordinates	34°42′14″N 87°7′7″W / 34.70389°N 87.11861°W / 34.70389; -87.11861
Status	Operational
Construction began	Units 1–2: May 1, 1967 Unit 3: July 1, 1968
Commission date	Unit 1: August 1, 1974 Unit 2: March 1, 1975 Unit 3: March 1, 1977
Construction cost	$4.79 billion (2023 USD)[1]
Owner(s)	Tennessee Valley Authority
Operator(s)	Tennessee Valley Authority
Nuclear power station
Reactor type	BWR
Reactor supplier	General Electric
Cooling towers	7 × Mechanical Draft (supplemental only)[a]
Cooling source	Wheeler Lake
Thermal capacity	3 × 3,952 MWth
Power generation
Units operational	1 × 1,256 MW 1 × 1,259 MW 1 × 1,260 MW
Make and model	BWR-4 (Mark 1)
Nameplate capacity	3,775 MWe
Capacity factor	96.04% (2017) 78.07% (lifetime)
Annual net output	31,053 GWh (2021)
External links
Website	Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant
Commons	Related media on Commons
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The Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant is located on the Tennessee River near Decatur and Athens, Alabama, on the north side (right bank) of Wheeler Lake. The site has three General Electric boiling water reactor (BWR) nuclear generating units and is owned entirely by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). With a generating capacity of nearly 3.8 gigawatts, it is the third most powerful nuclear power plant in the United States, behind the Palo Verde Nuclear Power Plant in Arizona and the Vogtle Nuclear Power Plant in Georgia, and the most powerful generating station operated by TVA.

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