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Columbia has lowest fuel costs

Author: John Dobken

March 18, 2016

An analysis published this week in Platts’ Nuclear Fuel found Columbia Generating Station had the lowest nuclear fuel cost of 28 plants surveyed across the country. Columbia’s fuel cost for fiscal year 2013 was 5.99 mills per kilowatt-hour of generation. A mill is a 10th of a cent. The average for the 28 plants surveyed...

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Columbia Generating Station sets longest run record

Author: John Dobken

May 11, 2015

USA fleet member Columbia Generating Station set a new record for its longest continuous operational run – 683 days – when operators shut down the reactor for start of the station’s biennial refueling and maintenance outage Saturday, May 9. Columbia achieved what’s known as a “breaker to breaker” run for the first time in its...

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Columbia Generating Station sets third straight generation record

Author: John Dobken

January 12, 2015

USA fleet member Columbia Generating Station produced more clean, nuclear energy for the Northwest power grid during 2014 than any other year in its 30-year history. Columbia sent nearly 9.5 million megawatt-hours of electricity to the grid, beating the previous calendar year generation record set in 2012 (9.3 million MWhrs). Columbia also set a generation...

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