About
Browns Ferry is a 3-unit plant on 850 acres of Alabama soil. In 1975, a fire caused major damage to unit 1. It was repaired and operated from 1976 through 1985, then was shut down for two decades. In June 2007, a rebuilt Browns Ferry 1 reactor returned to service. [1]
TVA’s first nuclear plant, Browns Ferry is located on 840 acres beside Wheeler Reservoir on the Tennessee River, near Athens, Alabama. The plant is named after a ferry that operated at the site until the middle of the 20th century.
Browns Ferry’s three boiling water reactors were the first in the world capable of powering generators that could produce more than 1,000 megawatts – 1 billion watts – of electricity each, making it the largest nuclear power plant in the world at that time.
The plant’s maximum capacity of 3,440 megawatts is about 10 percent of TVA’s total generation capacity and enough electricity to meet the needs of about 2 million homes.
TVA plans to increase the generating capacity of each unit to about 1,280 megawatts, following approval from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and installation and implementation of modifications.
TVA employs about 1,000 people to maintain and operate Browns Ferry with an annual payroll of about $107 million.
The Browns Ferry Spirit Fund is an employee funded and volunteer-operated community assistance program that has helped plant and employee neighbors for more than 20 years. [2]
Contact Information
Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant
PO Box 2000
Decatur, Alabama (AL) 35602
USA
