Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station
Beaver Valley Power Station is a nuclear power plant on the Ohio River covering 1,000 acres near Shippingport, Pennsylvania, United States, roughly 27 miles northwest of Pittsburgh.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Power station
- Description: Nuclear power plant in Beaver County, Pennsylvania
- Also known as: “Beaver Valley Nuclear Generating Station” and “Beaver Valley Power Station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Shippingport Bridge and Bruce Mansfield Power Plant.
Shippingport Bridge
Bridge
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The Shippingport Bridge is a cantilevered, through truss bridge in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania that carries Pennsylvania Route 168 across the Ohio River between the boroughs of Shippingport and Industry. Shippingport Bridge is situated 2,000 feet north of Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station.
Bruce Mansfield Power Plant
Power station
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Bruce Mansfield Power Plant was a 2.49-gigawatt, coal power plant located in Shippingport, Pennsylvania in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. The plant was operated by FirstEnergy. It began operations in 1976 and was shut down in November 2019. Bruce Mansfield Power Plant is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station.
Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School
School
The Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School is a tuition-free, American public charter school that is located in Midland, Pennsylvania, roughly thirty-five miles northwest of Pittsburgh. Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Industry and Harshaville.
Industry
Village
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
Industry is a borough in western Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States, along the Ohio River. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,838, almost unchanged from 2010. It is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. Industry is situated 2 miles northeast of Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station.
Harshaville
Hamlet
Harshaville is an unincorporated community in Hanover Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located near the junction of Pennsylvania Route 18 and U.S. Route 30, near Raccoon Creek State Park. Harshaville is situated 6 miles south of Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station.
Lawrenceville
Village
Lawrenceville is an unincorporated community in northeastern Hancock County, West Virginia, United States. It is directly adjacent to the city of Chester, and has been closely connected to it throughout its history. Lawrenceville is situated 6 miles west of Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station.
Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station
- Categories: nuclear power plant and industry
- Location: Borough of Shippingport, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.62178° or 40° 37′ 18″ northLongitude
-80.43237° or 80° 25′ 57″ westElevation
738 feet (225 metres)Inception
September 1976Operator
Energy Harbor Nuclear Generation LLCOpen location code
86GXJHC9+P3OpenStreetMap ID
way 312173726OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrial
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “محطة بيفر فالي للطاقة النووية”
- Chinese: “河狸谷發電廠”
- Czech: “Jaderná elektrárna Beaver Valley”
- Czech: “JE Beaver Valley”
- French: “centrale nucléaire de Beaver Valley”
- French: “Centrale nucléaire de Beaver Valley”
- German: “Kernkraftwerk Beaver Valley”
- Hungarian: “Beaver Valley atomerőmű”
- Japanese: “ビーバーバレー原子力発電所”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Beaver Valley kjernekraftverk”
- Norwegian: “Beaver Valley kjernekraftverk”
- Russian: “АЭС Бивер Вэйлли”
- Russian: “АЭС Бивер-Валли”
- Spanish: “Central nuclear Beaver Valley”
- Ukrainian: “АЕС Бівер-Валлі”
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