New Hampshire Nuclear Profile 2010 New Hampshire profile
Primary energy source | Summer capacity (mw) |
Share of State total (percent) |
Net generation (thousand mwh) |
Share of State total (percent) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Nuclear | 1,247 | 29.8 | 10,910 | 49.2 |
Coal | 546 | 13.1 | 3,083 | 13.9 |
Hydro and Pumped Storage | 489 | 11.7 | 1,478 | 6.7 |
Natural Gas | 1,215 | 29.1 | 5,365 | 24.2 |
Other 1 | - | - | 57 | 0.3 |
Other Renewable1 | 182 | 4.4 | 1,232 | 5.6 |
Petroleum | 501 | 12.0 | 72 | 0.3 |
Total | 4,180 | 100.0 | 22,196 | 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." |
Plants in State
Operator: FPL Energy Seabrook, Inc
Location and Service Territory: Seabrook Station is located on an 889-acre site that is 13 miles south of Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
Construction Cost: $12.9 billion (2007 USD) 2
Staffing: Employs more than 650 people.
Reactor Descriptions: Seabrook is a Westinghouse four-loop pressurized water reactor. The core holds 193 fuel assemblies.
Cooling System: Seabrook is cooled with a once-through system with water that is drawn from the Atlantic Ocean.
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.