Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Generating Station

Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Generating Station

The Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Generating Station is located near Dothan, Alabama. The twin unit nuclear power station sits on a 1,850 acre (7.4 km²) site in Houston County, Alabama, which is largely wooded and agricultural.

The plant is named after Joseph McConnell Farley, an American attorney born in Birmingham, Alabama who later became the first president of Alabama Power and later CEO of Southern Nuclear Operating Company (subsidiaries of Southern Company, which owns the facility).

This plant has two Westinghouse pressurized water reactors.
*Unit 1 900 megawatts
*Unit 2 920 megawatts

Construction of the plant began in 1970. Unit 1 achieved commercial operation in December 1977. Unit 2 began commercial operation in July 1981. The total cost of the plant was about $1.57 billion. On may 12, 2005, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved license renewal applications for both reactors at the site. Unit 1's extended operating license is set to expire on June 25, 2037 and unit 2's on March 31, 2041.

Unit 1 was shut down briefly after experiencing a control rod problem but was restarted on June 22, 2005.

Ownership

*Farley, Unit 1
**Owner = Alabama Power Company (100 percent).
**Operator (Licensee) = Southern Nuclear Operation Company.
*Farley, Unit 2
**Owner = Alabama Power Company (100 percent) .
**Operator (Licensee) = Southern Nuclear Operation Company.

External links

* [http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/nuclear/page/at_a_glance/reactors/farley.html DoE Page]
* [http://www.southerncompany.com/southernnuclear/farley.asp?mnuOpco=soco&mnuType=sub&mnuItem=sn Plant Farley - Southern Nuclear - Southern Company]


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