Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR)
Net Output: 470 MWe
Operable. Initial criticality: 11/1969.
Commercial start: 07/1970.
License Expiration date: 09/18/2009
Electricity Produced in 1997: 3.9 billion kWh
1997 Average Capacity Factor: 92.6%

Utility: Rochester Gas & Electric Corp.
Construction: Bechtel Corp.
Steam Generator Supplier: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
Reactor Supplier: Westinghouse Electric Corp.

Rochester Gas & Electric's Robert E. Ginna nuclear plant is located on Lake Ontario east of Rochester. This single unit plant consists of a Westinghouse 2-Loop pressurized water reactor with generator rated at 490 MWe. Commercial operation started in 1970. Ginna is similar to the Point Beach, Kewaunee, and Prairie Island units.

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