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🇺🇸 Peach Bottom

Name: Peach Bottom
Address: United States

Nuclear power plant · United States

Operational

Capacity≈2,170 MW

Units3

First Online1967

Construction Start1962

Reactor power (NRC)100% avg · 2026-09-03

Reactor TypeHTGR, BWR

Coordinates39.759, -76.270

Peach Bottom is a nuclear power station in United States. Of its 3 recorded unit(s), 2 reactors are operational, 1 permanently shut down. Combined net capacity of the operating units is about 2,170 MW. As of 2026-09-03, 2 of 2 reactors at this site were generating, according to the U.S. NRC daily status report. The first unit reached commercial operation in 1967. Reactor technology on site: HTGR, BWR.

Reactor units at Peach Bottom

Unit	Status	Reactor type	Net capacity	Key dates
Peach Bottom-1	Shut Down	HTGR	40 MW	Construction 1962 · Grid 1967 · Shutdown 1974
Peach Bottom-2	Operational	BWR BWR-4 (Mark 1)	1,065 MW	Construction 1968 · Grid 1974
Peach Bottom-3	Operational	BWR BWR-4 (Mark 1)	1,065 MW	Construction 1968 · Grid 1974

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