Location: Burlington, Kansas Utility: Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation Reactor Supplier: Westinghouse Corporation Capacity: 1163 net MWe Reactor Type: Pressurized water reactor Date of Operation: June 1985 License Expiration date: 03/11/2025 Electricity Produced in 1997: 8.4 billion kWh 1997 Average Capacity Factor: 82.9%
Wolf Creek Generating Station, near Burlington, Kansas is a Westinghouse
four-loop pressurized water reactor producing more than 1,200,000 kilowatts of
electricity per hour. Eleven years of successful commercial operation have added
to the legacy of Wolf Creek.
