DIABLO CANYON 1


Location: Avila Beach, California
Utility:Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Reactor Supplier:Westinghouse Corporation
Capacity: 1073 net MWe
Reactor Type: Pressurized water reactor
Date of Operation: November 1984
License Expiration date: 09/22/2021
Electricity Produced in 1997: 8.2 billion kWh
1997 Average Capacity Factor: 87.1%

The Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant, owned and operated by Pacific Gas & Electric, has two Westinghouse 4-Loop pressurized water reactors. The two units followed on the experience (1963 - 1976) gained from operating PG&E's initial 63 MWe unit at Humboldt Bay, near Eureka. Construction for the units started in 1968 and 1970. However, regulatory and intervening legal hurdles delayed the units from going commercial until 1984 (Unit 1) and 1985 (Unit 2).

DIABLO CANYON 2


Location: Avila Beach, California
Utility:Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Reactor Supplier:Westinghouse Corporation
Capacity: 1087 net MWe
Reactor Type: Pressurized water reactor
Date of Operation: August 1985
License Expiration date: 04/26/2025
Electricity Produced in 1997: 8.9 billion kWh
1997 Average Capacity Factor: 93.3%

The Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant, owned and operated by Pacific Gas & Electric, has two Westinghouse 4-Loop Pressurized Water Reactors. The two units followed on the experience (1963 - 1976) gained from operating PG&E's initial 63-MWe unit at Humboldt Bay, near Eureka. Construction for the units started in 1968 and 1970. However, regulatory and intervening legal hurdles delayed the units from going commercial until 1984 (Unit 1) and 1985 (Unit 2).

Recognized as one of the top nuclear power facilities in the United States, the Diablo Canyon Power Plant offers a major source of safe, clean energy that helps ensure reliable electric service to nearly 2 million Californians every day.