Louisiana Nuclear Profile 2010 Louisiana profile
| Primary energy source | Summer capacity (nw) |
Share of State total (percent) |
Net generation (thousand nwh) |
Share of State total (percent) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nuclear | 2,142 | 8.0 | 18,639 | 18.1 |
| Coal | 3,417 | 12.8 | 23,924 | 23.3 |
| Hydro and Pumped Storage | 192 | 0.7 | 1,109 | 1.1 |
| Natural Gas | 19,574 | 73.2 | 51,344 | 49.9 |
| Other 1 | 213 | 0.8 | 2,120 | 2.1 |
| Other Renewable1 | 325 | 1.2 | 2,468 | 2.4 |
| Petroleum | 881 | 3.3 | 3,281 | 3.2 |
| Total | 26,744 | 100.0 | 102,885 | 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. 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." |
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Plants in State
Operator: Entergy Gulf States
Location and Service Territory: The River Bend Station is on a 3,300-acre site in West Feliciana near the State Capitol at Baton Rouge.
Construction Cost: $7.198 billion (2007 USD)2
Staffing: The plant has approximately 560 full-time employees.
Reactor Descriptions: The nuclear generating unit is a General Electric Type 6 boiling water reactor.
Cooling System: Cooling water is supplied by the Mississippi River for its mechanical draft cooling towers.
Operator: Entergy Louisiana
Location and Service Territory: The Waterford plant is on a 3,000-acre site near Taft, Louisiana, in St. Charles Parish. This is the closest nuclear plant to New Orleans.
Construction Cost: $5.476 billion (2007 USD)2
Reactor Descriptions: The two-loop, pressurized water reactor at Waterford was built by Combustion Engineering.
Cooling System: Waterford relies on mechanical draft cooling towers that draw water from the Mississippi River.
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.