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Data for 2010 | Release Date: April 26, 2012 | Next Release: February 2013 | full report

Michigan Nuclear Profile 2010 Michigan profile

Michigan total electric power industry, summer capacity and net generation, by energy source, 2010
Primary energy source	Summer capacity (mw)	Share of State total (percent)	Net generation (thousand mwh)	Share of State total (percent)
Nuclear	3,947	13.2	29,625	26.6
Coal	11,531	38.7	65,604	58.8
Hydro and Pumped Storage	2,109	7.1	228	0.2
Natural Gas	11,033	37.0	12,249	11.0
Other ¹	-	-	631	0.6
Other Renewable¹	571	1.9	2,832	2.5
Petroleum	640	2.1	382	0.3
Total	29,831	100.0	111,551	100.0
¹Municipal Solid Waste net generation is allocated according to the biogenic and non-biogenic components of the fuel; however, all Municipal Solid Waste summer capacity is classified as Renewable. - = No data reported. Notes: Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding. Other: Blast furnace gas, propane gas, other manufactured and waste gases derived from fossil fuels, non-biogenic municipal solid waste, batteries, chemicals, hydrogen, pitch, purchased steam, sulfur, tire-derived fuel, and miscellaneous technologies. Other Renewable: Wood, black liquor, other wood waste, biogenic municipal solid waste, landfill gas, sludge waste, agriculture byproducts, other biomass, geothermal, solar thermal, photovoltaic energy, and wind. Sources: Form EIA-860, "Annual Electric Generator Report," and Form EIA-923, "Power Plant Operations Report."

Michigan nuclear power plants, summer capacity and net generation, 2010
Plant name/total reactors	Summer capacity (mw)	Net generation (thousand mwh)	Share of State nuclear net generation (percent)	Owner
Donald C Cook Unit 1, Unit 2	2,069	15,646	52.8	Indiana Michigan Power Co
Fermi Unit 2	1,106	7,738	26.1	Detroit Edison Co
Palisades Unit 1	793	6,241	21.1	Entergy Nuclear Palisades LLC
3 Plants 4 Reactors	3,947	29,625	100.0
Note: Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding. Source: Form EIA-860, "Annual Electric Generator Report," and Form EIA-923, "Power Plant Operations Report."

Plants in State

D.C. (Donald C.) Cook Nuclear Plant
Unit	Summer capacity (mw)	Net generation (thousand mwh)	Summer capacity factor (percent)	Type	Commercial operation date	License expiration date
1	1,009	7,807	88.3	PWR	8/28/1975	10/25/2034
2	1,060	7,839	84.4	PWR	7/1/1978	12/23/2037
	2,069	15,646	86.3
Data for 2010 PWR = Pressurized Light Water Reactor. Note: Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding. Source: Form EIA-860, "Annual Electric Generator Report," and Form EIA-923, "Power Plant Operations Report."

Operator: Indiana Michigan Power Company

Location and Service Territory: The Cook facility is located in Bridgman, 11 miles south of St. Joseph, Michigan.

Construction Cost: $3.352 billion (2007 USD)²

Staffing: Approximately 900 employees

Reactor Descriptions: Both units at Cook are Westinghouse four-loop pressurized water reactors.

Cooling System: Located on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan, the Cook plant relies on a once-through system for cooling.

Fermi Nuclear Power Plant
Unit	Summer capacity (mw)	Net generation (thousand mwh)	Summer capacity factor (percent)	Type	Commercial operation date	License expiration date
2	1,085	7,738	81.4	BWR	1/23/1988	3/20/2025
	1,085	7,738	81.4
Data for 2010 BWR = Boiling Water Reactor. Note: Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding. Source: Form EIA-860, "Annual Electric Generator Report," and Form EIA-923, "Power Plant Operations Report."

Operator: Detroit Edison Company

Location and Service Territory: Named for the first physicist to initiate a controlled nuclear chain reaction, the Enrico Fermi plant is located on Lake Erie, near Detroit.

Construction Cost: $6.110 billion (2007 USD)²

Reactor Descriptions: The only licensed reactor at the plant is Fermi 2, a General Electric Type 4 boiling water reactor.

Cooling System: Fermi relies on natural draft cooling towers that draw water from Lake Erie.

Palisades Nuclear Power Plant
Unit	Summer capacity (mw)	Net generation (thousand mwh)	Summer capacity factor (percent)	Type	Commercial operation date	License expiration date
1	793	6,241	89.8	PWR	12/31/1971	3/24/2031
	793	6,241	89.8
Data for 2010 PWR = Pressurized Light Water Reactor. Note: Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding. Source: Form EIA-860, "Annual Electric Generator Report," and Form EIA-923, "Power Plant Operations Report."

Operator: Entergy Nuclear Generation Company.

Location and Service Territory: The Palisades nuclear plant is located on a site of about 432 acres near South Haven, Michigan. The topography of the site and surrounding area consists mainly of sand dunes, mostly forested.

Construction Cost: $630 million (2007 USD).²

Reactor Descriptions: Palisades has a single Combustion Engineering two-loop pressurized water reactor.

Cooling System: Cooling water is supplied by Lake Michigan for its mechanical draft cooling towers.

²Nuclear Power Plant Construction Activity, DOE/EIA-0473(86), Energy Information Administration, 1986, pp 16-17, Table 5. Adjusted to 2007 Dollars using Bureau of Labor Statistics' Consumer Price Index.