Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station
| Davis–Besse Nuclear Power Station | |
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The Davis–Besse NPP (NRC image).
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 Location of Davis–Besse Nuclear Power Station in Ohio
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| Country | United States |
| Location | Carroll Township, Ottawa County, near Oak Harbor, Ohio |
| Coordinates | 41°35′48″N 83°5′11″W / 41.59667°N 83.08639°WCoordinates: 41°35′48″N 83°5′11″W / 41.59667°N 83.08639°W |
| Status | Operational |
| Construction began | 1970 |
| Commission date | July 31, 1978 |
| Owner(s) |
Cleveland Electric (51.4%) Toledo Edison (48.6%) |
| Operator(s) | FirstEnergy Nuclear |
| Nuclear power station | |
| Reactor type | pressurized water reactor |
| Reactor supplier | Babcock & Wilcox |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 1 × 889 MW |
| Make and model | Babcock & Wilcox |
| Nameplate capacity | 889 MW |
| Annual output | 7,706 GWh |
Davis–Besse Nuclear Power Station is a nuclear power plant northeast of Oak Harbor in Ottawa County, Ohio, United States, approximately 25 miles east of the city of Toledo. It has a single pressurized water reactor. As of 2011, it is operated by the FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp.
On March 5, 2002, maintenance workers discovered that corrosion had eaten a football-sized hole into the reactor vessel head of the Davis–Besse plant. Although the corrosion did not lead to an accident, this was considered to be a serious nuclear safety incident. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission kept Davis–Besse shut down until March 2004, so that FirstEnergy was able to perform all the necessary maintenance for safe operations. The NRC imposed its largest fine ever—more than $5 million—against FirstEnergy for the actions that led to the corrosion. The company paid an additional $28 million in fines under a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice.
According to the NRC, Davis–Besse has been the source of two of the top five most dangerous nuclear incidents in the United States since 1979.
The power station is located on the southwest shore of Lake Erie about 10 miles (16 km) north of Oak Harbor, Ohio and is on the north side of Highway 2 just east of Highway 19 on a 954-acre (386 ha) site in the Carroll Township. The plant only utilizes 221 acres (89 ha), with 733 acres (297 ha) devoted to the Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge. The entrance to the Magee Marsh Wildlife Area is less than a mile east of the power station. The official name according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration is the Davis–Besse Nuclear Generating Station. It is the 57th commercial power reactor to commence building in the United States of America (construction began on September 1, 1970) and the 50th to come on-line July 31, 1978. The plant was originally jointly owned by Cleveland Electric Illuminating (CEI) and Toledo Edison (TE) and was named for former TE Chairman John K. Davis and former CEI Chairman Ralph M. Besse.
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