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Members - Nebraska Public Power District - Cooper Nuclear Station
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:

Cooper Nuclear Station is located on the Missouri River, about three miles southeast of Brownville, Nebraska.

Plant Description

  • Plant Owners: Nebraska Public Power District or NPPD
  • Reactor system manufacturer/type and model: General Electric BWR 4
  • Turbine manufacturer: Westinghouse
  • Plant licensed core thermal power: 2381 MWT
  • Plant electrical output (MDC): 801 MWE

History

  • Construction start: June 1968
  • Fuel loading: February 1974
  • Initial Criticality: February 1974
  • 1st reached full power: February 1974
  • Commercial Operation: July 1, 1974

Interesting Facts

  • 25-year anniversary on July 1, 1999
  • Largest BWR at the time, first of class.
  • Cooper set a site generation record of 6.5 million MWHs in 1999
  • Cooper also set a record for low dose in 1999 with 47.789 REM
  • Cooper's longest consecutive-day run is 309 days
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