Nuclear Power Plant
Columbia Generating Station is a boiling water reactor that uses nuclear fission to produce heat and produces approximately 1157 megawatts electricity net. Near Richland, Washington, it is the only commercially operated nuclear power plant in the Northwest. Uranium, a naturally occurring element, is the primary fuel source. Construction began on Columbia Generating Station in 1973 and electricity was first produced from the plant in 1984.

Since nuclear plants do not create greenhouse gases, nuclear power is considered "clean energy." Electricity from Columbia Generating Station is extremely reliable.

Unlike hydro, wind, and solar generation facilities, Columbia Generating Station is not dependent on weather conditions—it will produce electricity twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, unless it is shut-down by plant operators, as it is during a refueling outage. The production cost of nuclear power is relatively inexpensive. Columbia Generating Station’s cost of power for fiscal year 2003, was 2.06 cents per kilowatt-hour.

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