Nuclear Profile 2010 Washington profile
| Primary energy source | Summer capacity (mw) |
Share of State total (percent) |
Net generation (thousand mwh) |
Share of State total (percent) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nuclear | 1,097 | 3.6 | 9,241 | 8.9 |
| Coal | 1,340 | 4.4 | 8,527 | 8.2 |
| Hydro and Pumped Storage | 21,495 | 70.5 | 68,342 | 66.0 |
| Natural Gas | 3,828 | 12.6 | 10,359 | 10.0 |
| Other 1 | - | - | 354 | 0.3 |
| Other Renewable1 | 2,703 | 8.9 | 6,617 | 6.4 |
| Petroleum | 15 | * | 32 | * |
| Total | 30,478 | 100.0 | 103,473 | 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. * = Absolute percentage less than 0.05. - = 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. Source: Form EIA-860, "Annual Electric Generator Report," and Form EIA-923, "Power Plant Operations Report." |
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Plants in State
Operator: Energy Northwest
Location and Service Territory: This site covers 1,089 acres of Benton County, on the Hanford site of the Department of Energy.
Construction Cost: $6.392 billion (2007 USD)2
Reactor Description: The Columbia Generating Station unit is a General Electric Type 5 boiling water reactor.
Cooling System: The plant is cooled by mechanical draft towers supplied by water from the Columbia 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.