The Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3, also known as Waterford 3, is a nuclear power plant located on a 3000 acre plot in Killona, Louisiana, in St. Charles Parish, about 25 mi west of New Orleans.[2]
This plant has one Combustion Engineering two-loop pressurized water reactor. The plant has a maximum dependable capacity of 1,152 megawatts of electricity.[3] The power station's main generator is rated at 1333.2 MVA at a 0.9 power factor (60 psi hydrogen pressure). In 2005, the plant was approved for a 8% (275 MWt) power uprate. The post-uprate nominal main generator output was rated at 1231 MW.[4]
The reactor has a dry ambient pressure containment building.
On August 28, 2005, Waterford shut down due to Hurricane Katrina approaching and declared an unusual event,[5]