Utilities Service Alliance

American Electric Power
DC Cook, Units 1 & 2
Detroit Edison
Fermi 2 Nuclear Plant
Energy Northwest
Columbia Generation Station
Nebraska Public Power District
Cooper Nuclear Station
Omaha Public Power District
Fort Calhoun Station
Pennsylvania Power & Light
Susquehanna, Units 1 & 2
Public Service Enterprise Group
Salem, Units 1 & 2
Hope Creek
Southern California Edison
San Onofre, Units 2 & 3
Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Company
Wolf Creek Generating Station
Xcel Energy
Prairie Island, Units 1 & 2
Monticello

Location:

Fermi 2 Nuclear Plant is located on the western shore of Lake Erie, at Laggona Beach Monroe County, Michigan, 30 miles SW of Detroit Michigan, and 25 miles NE of Toledo, Ohio

Plant Description

Plant Owners: DTE Energy
Reactor system manufacturer/type and model: General Electric BWR 4
Turbine manufacturer: English Electric, with General Electric high pressure and low pressure turbine internals and ABB exciter.
Plant licensed core thermal power: 3430 MWT
Plant electrical output (MDC):1080 MWE

History

Site construction started: June 1969
Operating License received: July 15, 1985
Initial fuel load completed: April 4, 1985
Initial Criticality: June 21, 1985
Commercial operation: January 23, 1988
Power up rate of 4.2% (core thermal power) approved by the NRC: September 9, 1992

Interesting Facts

Fermi 1, which is on the same site was the first commercial experimental fast breeder reactor owned by a consortium of utilities and industrial companies. Initial Criticality August 23, 1963. Final shutdown was on September 22, 1972.
Longest run 317 days before shutdown for refueling outage 7 in April 2000.