Grand Gulf Nuclear Generating Station
Grand Gulf nuclear power station is a General Electric boiling water reactor. It lies on a 2,100 acres (850 ha) 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's reactor is the most powerful in the United States, with a core power of 4408 MWth yielding a nominal gross electrical output of about 1500 MWe.
Grand Gulf is operated by Entergy, which also owns 90% of the station through their subsidiary, System Energy Resources Inc. The other 10% of Grand Gulf is owned by South Mississippi Electric Power Association.
Read more about Grand Gulf Nuclear Generating Station: Units 2 and 3, Surrounding Population, Seismic Risk, Release of Low Levels of Tritium Into Mississippi River, Reactor Data
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