Susquehanna Steam Electric Station - Salem Township, PA
N 41° 05.568 W 076° 08.525
18T E 404083 N 4549687
The Susquehanna Steam Electric Station has two nuclear reactors and sits along the Susquehanna River in Salem Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
Waymark Code: WM170J6
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 11/14/2022
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PPL operated the plant until June 2015 when Talen Energy was formed from PPL's competitive supply business. The plant has two General Electric boiling water reactors within a Mark II containment building on a site of 1,075 acres (435 ha), with 1,130 employees working on site and another 180 employees in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Harrisburg-based Allegheny Electric Cooperative purchased 10% of the plant in 1977.
Susquehanna produces 63 million kilowatt hours per day. It has been in operation since 1983. The prime builder was Bechtel Power Corporation of San Francisco, California.
In November 2009, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) extended the operation licenses of the reactors for an additional 20 years. -
Susquehanna Steam Electric Station
The two plants went commercial at different times:
Unit 1: June 8, 1983
Unit 2: February 12, 1985