Three Mile Island Nuclear Station Company


Company
GPU Nuclear Corporation
1 Upper Pond Road
Parsippany, NJ 07054

NRC and FEMA Region
I and III

Location
Five miles south of Harrisburg, Pennsylania, by Middletown

NSSS Type and Supplier
PWR - Babcock and Wilcox

Turbine Manufacturer
General Electric

Containment
Reinforced concrete cylinder with steel liner - post tensioned in three directions

Cooling
Natural and mechanical draft towers

Engineer
Gilbert Associates, Inc.

Constructor
United Engineers and Constructors

Plant Phone Number
717-944-7621

NRC Docket Number
50-289

Licensed MWt
2568

Electrical Capacity (MWe)
792

Announced
November 20, 1966

Application Docketed
May 3, 1967

Construction Permit
May 18, 1968

Operating License
April 19, 1974

Initial Criticality
June 5, 1974

Commercial Operation
September 2, 1974

License Expiration
May 18, 2008