South and Western US Nuclear Power Plants

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Nuclear Power Plants - South and Western United States

Nuclear plants are located in many southern and western states. This collage of photos is graciously provided from sites of the utilities.

Southern States

Mississippi (Grand Gulf)
Louisiana (Waterford, River Bend)
Arkansas (Arkansas Nuclear One)
Texas (South Texas Project, Comanche Peak)

Entergy of Jackson, Mississippi operates 5 reactor facilities. The images below are from their Careermosaic series that describe job opportunities at the various facilities. Photos courtesy Careermosaic

		Grand Gulf GE BWR in Mississippi
		River Bend GE BWR near St. Francisville, Louisiana
		Waterford PWR near New Orleans, Louisiana (CE unit)
		Arkansas Nuclear facilities ANO-1 and ANO-2. (CE and B&W PWR units)

The South Texas Project near Bay City, Texas has 2 Westinghouse PWR units operated by Houston Power & Light.

Photo courtesy Sequent & HL&P

Western States

Arizona (Palo Verde)
California (San Onofre, Diablo Canyon)
Washington (WNP-2)

Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant has 2 Westinghouse 4 loop PWR units located at Avila Beach, California. The facility is owned / operated by Pacific Gas and Electric. Each unit generates ~ 1100 MWe.

Photo courtesy PG&E

	The Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Plant has 3 PWR Combustion Engineering units located west of Phoenix, Arizona. The facility is operated by APS and is co-owned by El Paso Electric and Gas and the Salt River Project. Each unit generates ~ 1100 MWe. Photo courtesy Salt River Project
	The San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) site, located about 1 hour north of San Diego, California has 2 CE PWR units of ~1000 MWe each. An older Westinghouse PWR unit has been shutdown for several years. Photo courtesy SCE Corp
	WNP-2 BWR is operated by WPPSS on the Hanford site near Richland, Washington. Photo courtesy WPPSS