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Piqua nuclear power plant

Piqua nuclear power plant is a nuclear site in United States with 1 unit on record. None is currently operating.

Pre-construction3Shelved1Retired1circle area ∝ site capacitydashed = approximate position Coastlines, borders and lakes: Natural Earth (1:10 million, public domain), which is generalised, so a coastal plant can sit a couple of kilometres off its true shoreline. Site positions: Global Nuclear Power Tracker.
Units on record
1
Operating
0
Operating capacity
not disclosed

Units

UnitStatusTypeModelGross MWOnline
Piqua nuclear power plant Retired - OCM (Organically Cooled and Moderated Reactor) 12 1963

Piqua nuclear power plant in context

The one unit with both construction and grid dates on record took 3.5 years from construction start to grid connection; the median across all reactors connected in the 1960s is 5.0 years.

The nearest other tracked nuclear sites are Davis Besse nuclear power plant (189 km), Fermi nuclear power plant (219 km) and Donald C Cook nuclear power plant (283 km).

Build time by unit

UnitConstruction startGrid connectionYearsFleet median, same decade
Piqua nuclear power plant196019633.55.0 (1960s)

Nearest tracked nuclear sites

How these are worked out: ranks use gross operating capacity; ages count from the start-up year on record, as on the age page; build times run from construction start to grid connection, as on the build-times page; ratings are the tracker's net and design net capacity, as on the uprates page. Distances are straight-line between exact positions, so a site with only an approximate position gets none. A unit missing a date or a rating is left out of the figure that needs it.

Site detail
LocationOhio, United States
Coordinates40.1319, -84.2348
Elevationabout 265 mabove sea level
SettingAbout 620 km from the sea
RegionNorthern America
Units by status
Retired: 1

Elevation is read at the listed coordinates from a 30 m terrain model (SRTM 30 m). Two independent models differ by a median of 6 m across our plants and by up to about 40 m on steep or coastal ground, and a point on a shoreline can read as sea level. Distance to the water is measured to a generalised 1:10 million coastline, so a few kilometres or less is not resolved. This is context, not a design-basis or flood-risk figure.

Owners & operators
Owners
US Atomic Energy Commission
Operators
City Of Piqua Government

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