The Pennsylvania Plants: Limerick - TMI - Susquehanna - Peach Bottom


Limerick
The Limerick facility has 2 General Electric BWR-4 units. In the background note the natural draft cooling towers. PECO owns/operates this facility northwest of Philadelphia. They also own/operate the Peach Bottom facility located on the Susquehanna River.
 
Three Mile Island
 
Three Mile Island consist of 2 Babcock and Wilcox PWR units. Unit 1 is owned / operated by Amergen, a subsidiary of PECO and British Energy. Unit 2 had a major accident in 1979. The unit is permanently shutdown, core was removed.   has 2 General Electric BWR units. In the background note the natural draft cooling towers. PECO owns/operates this facility northwest of Philadelphia. They also own/operate the Peach Bottom facility located on the Susquehanna River.
 
Susquehanna
 
The Susquehanna facility near Berwick, Pennsylvania has 2 General Electric BWR units. In the background note the natural draft cooling towers. PP&L owns/operates this facility northwest of Philadelphia.
Peach Bottom
 
The Peach Bottom facility near York, Pennsylvania has 2 older General Electric BWR-3 units. In the background note the natural draft cooling towers. Exelon (PECo) owns this facility.

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