Comanche Peak Unit 2

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Comanche Peak Unit 2 is the second pressurized water reactor unit at the Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant in Texas, generating commercial nuclear electricity.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf nuclear reactor unit
pressurized water reactor
commercialOperationDate 1993-08-03
connectedTo Texas power grid NERFINISHED
constructionStartDate 1979-09-01
containmentType reinforced concrete containment
controlRodType boron carbide
coolant light water
coolingMethod closed-cycle cooling
coolingSource Squaw Creek Reservoir NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
designLife_years 40
fuelCycle once-through fuel cycle
fuelForm uranium dioxide
fuelType low-enriched uranium
generationType commercial nuclear electricity
gridConnection ERCOT NERFINISHED
gridConnectionDate 1993-04-06
grossElectricalCapacity_MWe 1212
hasReactorVesselMaterial low-alloy steel GENERATED
hasSisterUnit Comanche Peak Unit 1 NERFINISHED
hasTechnology pressurized water reactor technology
licensingAuthority U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission NERFINISHED
locatedIn Somervell County, Texas NERFINISHED
Texas
locatedNear Glen Rose, Texas NERFINISHED
moderator light water
netElectricalCapacity_MWe 1150
nrcDocketNumber 50-446
numberOfSteamGenerators 4
operator Luminant Generation Company LLC NERFINISHED
owner Luminant Generation Company LLC NERFINISHED
partOf Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant NERFINISHED
plantType baseload power plant
primaryCircuit pressurized water loop
primaryUse electricity generation
reactorGeneration Generation II
reactorModel Westinghouse 4-loop PWR NERFINISHED
reactorSupplier Westinghouse Electric Corporation NERFINISHED
reactorType PWR
regulatoryRegion NRC Region IV NERFINISHED
safetyCultureRegulator U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission NERFINISHED
safetySystem containment building
emergency core cooling system
site Comanche Peak site NERFINISHED
status in operation
steamCycle Rankine cycle NERFINISHED
thermalCapacity_MWt 3411

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