Callaway Nuclear Generating Station
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The Callaway Nuclear Generating Station is a nuclear power plant located on a 5,228-acre (21 km²) site in Callaway County, Missouri, near Fulton, Missouri. It began operating on October 18, 1984. The plant, which is the state's only commercial nuclear unit, has one 1,190-megawatt Westinghouse four-loop pressurized water reactor and a General Electric turbine-generator.

It is fully owned by the Ameren Corporation and operated by AmerenUE.

According to Ameren, Callaway produces about a quarter of AmerenUE's power.

In 2001, Callaway set a plant record for capacity utilization, producing 101.1 percent of its rated electrical output, ranking it among the world's top reactors, according to the Energy Information Administration.^{citation needed}

On November 19, 2005, its workers completed the replacement of all four steam generators in 63 days, 13 hours, setting a world record for a four-loop plant.^[1]

On July 28, 2008, AmerenUE submitted an application to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), seeking a Combined Construction and Operating License (COL) for a potential second unit. According to Thomas R. Voss, president and chief executive officer of AmerenUE, "Given projections for a nearly 30 percent increase in demand for power in Missouri in the next two decades, we believe we will need to build a large generating plant to be on line in the 2018–2020 timeframe."^[2] AmerenUE is considering building a 1,600-MW Areva Evolutionary Power Reactor (EPR).^[3]

References

External links

• The U.S. Department of Energy's page about Callaway
• Ameren's information page for Callaway

Coordinates: 38°45.7′N 91°46.8′W / 38.7617, -91.78

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