Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station
Nuclear power plant located near Shippingport, Pennsylvania
Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station
Beaver Valley Power Station is a nuclear power plant on the Ohio River covering 1,000 acres (400 ha) near Shippingport, Pennsylvania, United States, roughly 27 miles (43 km) northwest of Pittsburgh. The plant is operated by Vistra Corp and power is generated by two Westinghouse pressurized water reactors. As of 2023, it is the fourth largest employer in Beaver County. Beaver Valley 1 was used as the reference design for the French nuclear plant in Fessenheim. In 2018, the previous owner FirstEnergy Solutions filed for bankruptcy and announced the plant would begin deactivation by 2021. However, upon emergence from bankruptcy in 2020 as new owner Energy Harbor, the shutdown of the plant was reversed largely due to then Governor Tom Wolf's decision to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. Energy Harbor and the power plant were acquired by Vistra Corp in 2024.
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