Wolf Creek Nuclear Generating Station
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Wolf Creek Nuclear Generating Station, a nuclear power plant located in Burlington, Kansas, occupies 9,818 acres (40 km²) of the total 11,800 acres (48 km²) controlled by the owner. Wolf Creek lake provides not only the name, but cooling water for the reactor.
This plant has one Westinghouse pressurized water reactor which came on line on June 4, 1985. The reactor is rated at 1,170 MW(e).
The Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation operates the power plant. The ownership is divided between Kansas Gas & Electric Co. (47 %) (now known as Westar Energy), Kansas City Power and Light Company (47 %), and Kansas Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. (6 %). The operating owner is the Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation (WCNOC), a Delaware corporation.
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