Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station is a nuclear power plant covering 500 acres (2 km²) near Shippingport, Pennsylvania, 34 miles (54 km) west by north of Pittsburgh. The NRC, or Nuclear Regulatory Commission, is a United States government agency that was established by the Energy Reorganization Act in 1974, and was first opened January 19, 1975. ... Official language(s) English Capital Hartford Largest city Bridgeport Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 48th 14,371 km² 113 km 177 km 12. ... Millstone nuclear power station units 2 and 3 are located at a former quarry in Waterford, Connecticut. ... Official language(s) None Capital Annapolis Largest city Baltimore Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 42nd 32,160 km² 145 km 400 km 21 37°53N to 39°43N 75°4W to 79°33W Population  - Total (2000)  - Density Ranked 19th 5,296,486 165... The Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant is a nuclear power plant located on the Chesapeake Bay in Lusby, Calvert County, Maryland. ... Official language(s) English Capital Boston Largest city Boston Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 44th 10,555 mi²; 27,360 km² 183 mi; 295 km 113 mi; 182 km 13. ... Now the only nuclear power plant operating in Massachusetts, Pilgrim Station is located a few miles down the coast from Plymouth Rock. ... Official language(s) English Capital Concord Largest city Manchester Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 46th 24,239 km² 110 km 305 km 3. ... The Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant, more commonly known as Seabrook Station, is a nuclear power plant located in Seabrook, New Hampshire, approximately 60 mi (100 km) north of Boston and 10 mi (16 km) south of Portsmouth, NH. The station is one of three nuclear generating stations operated primarily by... Official language(s) None defined, English de facto Capital Trenton Largest city Newark Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 47th 22,608 km² 110 km 240 km 14. ... Hope Creek Nuclear is a thermal nuclear power plant located by Hancocks Bridge, New Jersey on the same site as the two unit Salem Nuclear. ... Oyster Creek is a single unit thermal boiling water reactor power plant located in Lacey Township, New Jersey. ... The Salem Nuclear Power Plant is a two unit pressurized water nuclear generating station located in southern New Jersey in the United States. ... Official language(s) None, English de facto Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 27th 141,205 km² 455 km 530 km 13. ... The James A. Fitzpatrick nuclear power plant is located near Oswego, New York. ... Entergys Indian Point Energy Center (IPEC) Indian Point Energy Center (IPEC) is a three-unit nuclear power plant station located in Buchanan, New York just south of Peekskill, New York. ... Nine Mile Point 1 and 2 are sited near Oswego, New York. ... Rochester Gas & Electrics Ginna nuclear power plant is near Rochester, New York. ... Official language(s) None Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 33rd 119,283 km² 255 km 455 km 2. ... The Limerick nuclear power facility in Pennsylvania has two General Electric boiling water reactor (BWR) units, cooled by natural draft cooling towers. ... Peach Bottom NGS, a nuclear power plant, is located 60 miles (97 km) south of Harrisburg in Peach Bottom Township, York County, Pennsylvania, on the Susquehanna River. ... Susquehanna, Pennsylvania The Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, a nuclear power station, is in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. ... Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station is a civilian nuclear power plant located on an artificial island (Three Mile Island) in the Susquehanna River near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States. ... Official language(s) None Capital Montpelier Largest city Burlington Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 43rd 24,923 km² 130 km 260 km 3. ... Entergys Vermont Yankee Power Plant in Vernon, VT Vermont Yankee is a boiling water reactor (BWR) type nuclear power plant currently owned by Entergy Nuclear. ... A nuclear power plant (NPP) is a thermal power station in which the heat source is one or more nuclear reactors generating nuclear power. ... Shippingport is a borough located in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. ... Pittsburgh skyline as viewed from Mount Washington Pittsburgh is a city in Western Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County. ...

The Beaver Valley plant is owned (100 % ownership) by the First Energy Nuclear Operating Corporation. First Energy is the holding company for Ohio Edison, Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company, Toledo Edison, and the Pennsylvania Power Company. FirstEnergy provides power, natural gas and services to parts of Ohio, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. ...

This plant has two Westinghouse pressurized water reactors. Westinghouse Electric Company is the present day nuclear company. ... A pressurised water reactor (PWR) is a type of nuclear power reactor that uses ordinary light water for both coolant and for neutron moderation. ...

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