Vital Statistics
Plant site
Location: Near Spring City in southeastern Tennessee
Acreage: 1,700-acre site on Chickamauga Reservoir
Cooling towers
Quantity: 2
Height: 506 feet
Diameter: 405 feet at ground level
Water flow: 410,000 gallons per minute
Switchyard
500,000-volt transmission lines: 5
161,000-volt transmission lines: 2
Plant design
Westinghouse pressurized water reactor that is expected to generate 1,150 megawatts (summer net capability)
Reactor core holds 193 fuel assemblies, each containing 264 fuel rods
Reactor vessel
Height: 43.8 feet
Weight: About 265 tons (empty)
Inside diameter: 14 feet
Steel thickness: About 9.4 inches
Operating temperature: About 586 degrees Fahrenheit
Operating pressure: About 2,235 pounds per square inch
Primary containment
Inside height: 197.3 feet
Inside diameter: 115 feet
Steel inner thickness: 1 inch
Design pressure: 15 pounds per square inch
Steam generators
Quantity: 4
Height: 67 feet 8 inches
Weight: About 380 tons
Operating temperature: About 600 degrees Fahrenheit
Operating pressure: 1,000 pounds per square inch
Main generator
Height: 16 feet
Length: 40 feet
Stator weight: About 1,000 tons
Rotor weight: About 200 tons
Ratings: 1,411 megawatts, 24,000 volts
Speed: 1,800 rotations per minute
Steam turbines
High pressure: A single eight-stage double-flow axial turbine
Low pressure: A series of three, eight-stage double-flow axial turbines
Maximum blade diameter: 16 feet
Rotor weight: About 177 tons
Main condenser
Tubes: About 27,410
Tube length: About 115 feet
Tube diameter: 1 inch