Basic Facts:
- Location: North Perry, Ohio
- Owner: Cleveland Electric Illuminating (majority)
- Operator: FirstEnergy Nuclear
- Construction Cost: $7.4B (2018$)
- Plant Output: 1,300 MW
- Property Size: 1,100 acres
- Status: At Risk of Closure
- Employees: 700
- Expected Shutdown Date: 2021
- Current DTF Balance: $540M (2018$)
- DTF Balance Prior to Decommissioning: $600M (2018$)
- Decommissioning Cost Estimate: $680M (2018$)
- Spent Fuel On Site: 733 metric tons
Background
The Perry Nuclear Power Plant is home to a single, 1,300 MW boiling water reactor located in North Perry, Ohio on the shores of Lake Erie northwest of Cleveland, Ohio. Plant construction began in 1974 and the plant received its initial operating license in 1986.
In March of 2018, citing economic considerations, plant ownership announced their intentions to permanently shut down Perry by 2021.
Socioeconomics
The Perry Nuclear Power Plant is located within Lake County, Ohio. As of 2016:
- Population: 239,000
- Per Capita Annual Income: $46,000
- Unemployment rate (not seasonally adjusted): 5.2%
For the 2018 tax year, Perry’s utility and property taxes will produce approximately $11 million, divided among the Perry Schools, the Perry Fire Department and several other public entities
Contact Information
Economic Development Administration Representative:
- Kyle Darton, Chicago Regional Office, t: (312) 789-9752, e: [email protected]
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- Viktoria Mitlyng, Sr. Public Affairs Officer, t: (630) 829-9662, e: [email protected]
- Perry Nuclear Power Plant
Unless specific costing information has been provided, decommissioning costs were derived from 2017 Decommissioning Funding Status Report.
Information herein obtained from public sources. Corrections are welcome and may be directed to [email protected].
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