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BEAVER VALLEY POWER STATION |
Formerly known as Shippingport Atomic Power Station, Beaver Valley Power Station is located in northwestern Beaver County, Pennsylvania, immediately on the Ohio River and 4.7 miles northeast of Columbiana County.
Beaver Valley Power Station is owned and operated by Vistra Energy Corporation. Vistra Energy safely operates a reliable, efficient, power generation fleet of natural gas, nuclear, coal, solar, and battery energy storage facilities in 20 states and District of Columbia. Vistra Energy has a rich heritage that stretches all the way back to 1882. Vistra's proud 140-year legacy of powering America, its people, and the economy all while working toward a cleaner energy future while maintaining the strength and resilience of our nation's electric grids.
The Beaver Valley Power Station is a two unit power plant located in Shippingport, Pennsylvania near the Ohio border. Beaver Valley Power Station Unit #1 began producing electricity in 1976 and Unit #2 in 1987. Together the units can generate enough electricity (1800 MW) to power nearly 1.5 million homes
The first commercial generating station in the United States to use nuclear energy was the Shippingport Atomic Power Station of the Department of Energy and the Duquesne Light Company. In a dramatic high-tech display, ground was broken in 1954 during dedication ceremonies by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who also opened it on May 26,1958, as part of his "Atoms for Peace" program. The first power at Shippingport was produced on December 18, 1957, and was fed into the grid for the Pittsburgh area. Owned by the Department of Energy, the reactor plant was shut down on October 1, 1982 and decommissioned in December 1989.
The Emergency Preparedness (EP) program for the Beaver Valley Power Plant in Pennsylvania, includes onsite emergency response readiness and coordination with offsite state and local emergency response organizations. The 10-mile emergency planning zone (EPZ) for Beaver Valley includes three States, Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia