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

Nuclear Profile 2010 Washington profile

Washington 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	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."

Washington 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
Columbia Generating Station Unit 2	1,097	9,241	100.0	Energy Northwest
1 Plant 1 Reactor	1,097	9,241	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

Columbia Generating Station Nuclear Power Plant
Unit	Summer capacity (mw)	Net generation (thousand mwh)	Summer capacity factor (percent)	Type	Commercial operation date	License expiration date
2	1,097	9,241	96.2	BWR	12/13/1984	12/20/2033
	1,097	9,241	96.2
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: 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.