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Seabrook nuclear power plant

Seabrook nuclear power plant is a nuclear power station in United States with 1 operating unit totalling 1,296 MW gross. The site has 2 units on record in total.

Operating1Retired4circle area ∝ site capacity Coastlines, borders and lakes: Natural Earth (1:10 million, public domain), which is generalised, so a coastal plant can sit a couple of kilometres off its true shoreline. Site positions: Global Nuclear Power Tracker.
Units on record
2
Operating
1
Operating capacity
1,296MW

Units

UnitStatusTypeModelGross MWOnline
Unit 1 Operating PWR WH 4LP (DRYAMB) 1,296 1990
Unit 2 Cancelled PWR - 1,198 -

Unit by unit

Each unit's rating, type and milestone dates as recorded by the Global Nuclear Power Tracker, with any correction we made to it. A dash or "not disclosed" means the source does not give the value.

Seabrook nuclear power plant 1 Operating

Reactor typePressurised water reactor (PWR)
ModelWestinghouse 4-loop
Size classLarge
Gross capacity1,296MW
Net capacity1,246MW
Thermal output3,648MWt
Enrichment3–5% U-235
NSSS vendorWestinghouse Electric Company
OwnerNextera Energy Resources LLC100%
OperatorNextera Energy Resources
Construction start7 Jul 1976
First criticality13 Jun 1989
Grid connection29 May 1990
Commercial operation19 Aug 1990

Live status, outage record and fuel chain for Seabrook nuclear power plant 1

Seabrook nuclear power plant 2 Cancelled

Reactor typePressurised water reactor (PWR)
Modelnot disclosed
Size classLarge
Gross capacity1,198MW
Net capacitynot disclosed
Thermal outputnot disclosed
Enrichment3–5% U-235
NSSS vendornot on record
Cancelled1988
OwnerPublic Service CO of New Hampshire100%
Milestonesno dates on record

Seabrook nuclear power plant in context

By gross operating capacity Seabrook nuclear power plant is the 36th largest of 54 operating nuclear sites in the United States, holding 1% of the country's operating capacity, and ranks 124th of 172 worldwide.

Its operating unit started up in 1990; the unit is 36.0 years old, younger than the median of 45.0 in the United States.

The one unit with both construction and grid dates on record took 13.9 years from construction start to grid connection; the median across all reactors connected in the 1990s is 8.0 years.

The nearest other tracked nuclear sites are Millstone nuclear power plant (207 km).

The current net rating of Unit 1 differs from its design net capacity by +8.4% (1,149 MW at design, 1,246 MW now).

Build time by unit

UnitConstruction startGrid connectionYearsFleet median, same decade
Unit 11976199013.98.0 (1990s)

Nearest tracked nuclear sites

SiteCountryDistanceOperating GW gross
Millstone nuclear power plantUnited States207 km2.2

How these are worked out: ranks use gross operating capacity; ages count from the start-up year on record, as on the age page; build times run from construction start to grid connection, as on the build-times page; ratings are the tracker's net and design net capacity, as on the uprates page. Distances are straight-line between exact positions, so a site with only an approximate position gets none. A unit missing a date or a rating is left out of the figure that needs it.

Site detail
LocationNew Hampshire, United States
Coordinates42.8992, -70.8489
Elevationabout 10 mabove sea level
Setting3.1 km from the sea
RegionNorthern America
Units by status
Operating: 1
Cancelled: 1

Elevation is read at the listed coordinates from a 30 m terrain model (SRTM 30 m). Two independent models differ by a median of 6 m across our plants and by up to about 40 m on steep or coastal ground, and a point on a shoreline can read as sea level. Distance to the water is measured to a generalised 1:10 million coastline, so a few kilometres or less is not resolved. This is context, not a design-basis or flood-risk figure.

Owners & operators
Owners
Nextera Energy Resources LLC
Public Service CO of New Hampshire
Operators
Nextera Energy Resources

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