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🇺🇸 Rancho Seco

Name: Rancho Seco
Address: United States

Nuclear power plant · United States

Shut Down

Capacity≈918 MW

Units1

First Online1975

Construction Start1969

Shut Down1989

Reactor TypePWR

Coordinates38.345, -121.120

Rancho Seco is a nuclear power station in United States. Of its 1 recorded unit(s), 1 permanently shut down. Combined net capacity of the operating units is about 918 MW. The first unit reached commercial operation in 1975. Reactor technology on site: PWR.

Reactor units at Rancho Seco

Unit	Status	Reactor type	Net capacity	Key dates
Rancho Seco-1	Shut Down	PWR PWR	918 MW	Construction 1969 · Grid 1975 · Shutdown 1989

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