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Members - Omaha Public Power District - Fort Calhoun Nuclear Generating 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:

Fort Calhoun Nuclear Generating Station is located approximately 14 miles north of Omaha, NE on Highway 75

Plant Description

  • Plant Owners: Omaha Public Power District
  • Reactor system manufacturer/type and model: Combustion Engineering / PWR
  • Turbine manufacturer: General Electric
  • Plant licensed core thermal power: 1500 MWT
  • Plant electrical output (MDC): 492 MWE

History

  • Construction starts 1968
  • Fuel loading: May 24, 1973
  • Initial Criticality: August 5, 1973
  • 1st reached full power: May 4, 1974
  • Commercial Operation: September 26, 1973
  • Power up-rate from 1420 Mwt to 1500MWt approved August 15, 1980
  • NRC grants license extension to 2013 in December 1993

Interesting Facts

  • Cost of Plant Construction only $178M (land and plant); Cost of Plant including modifications and additions since startup-$435M
  • Set new world record in 1988 for continuous operation (477 days)
  • Completed a FCS record breaker to run of 483 days on October 1, 1999
  • Completed the shortest refueling outage in FCS history-40 days and 15 hours-in 1999.
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