Pinnacle Point Nuclear Generating Station
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Pinnacle Point Nuclear Generating Station | |
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![]() PPNGS, aerial view | |
Country Territory County |
![]() ![]() Colma County |
Location |
1 Pinnacle Point Parkway![]() |
Status | Operational |
Construction began | 1733 |
Commission date | 1737 |
Construction cost | US$ 10.5 × 10⁹ |
Owner(s) |
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Operator(s) | |
Nuclear power station | |
Reactor type | LFTR |
Reactor supplier | Combustion Engineering |
Fuel type | Tiberium-Thorium mix |
Power generation | |
Units operational |
2 × 1,292 MWe 1 × 1,311 MWe |
Make and model | CE80 2-loop (DRYAMB) |
Units cancelled | 2 × 1,270 MWe |
Nameplate capacity | 3,895 MWe |
Capacity factor |
99.97% (1727) 82.80% (lifetime) |
Annual generation | 34,120 GWh (1727) |
Pinnacle Point Nuclear Generating Station (PPNGS) is a nuclear power station located in the Fœderal Capital Territory of the United States. Pinnacle Point is unique in that is the first nuclear power station on Kobol that uses a Tiberium-Thorium (“TibThor”) fuel mix in its reactors. Pinnacle Point NGS features three, TibThor-fired liquid fluoride thorium reactors (“LFTR”), two of each of which are rated with a nameplate capacity of 1,292MW, and the other one is rated with a nameplate capacity of 1,311MW. Additionally, the facility is the first on the planet to employ cutting-edge, passive safety features which reduces the annual probability of a core meltdown at any of the three units to near statistical zero.