Beaver Valley Power Station is a nuclear power plant on the Ohio River covering 1,000 acres (400 ha) near Shippingport, Pennsylvania, United States, 27 miles (43 km) roughly northwest of Pittsburgh. The plant is operated by Energy Harbor and power is generated by two Westinghouse pressurized water reactors. As of 2023, it is the fourth largest employer in Beaver County.

In 2018, previous owner FirstEnergy Solutions filed for bankruptcy and announced the plant would begin deactivation by 2021. However, upon emergence from bankruptcy in 2020 as new owner Energy Harbor, the shutdown of the plant was reversed largely due to then Governor Tom Wolf's decision to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.

In 2023, it was announced that parent company Energy Harbor will be acquired by retail electricity and power generation company Vistra Corp, who is based in Irving, Tx.

Surrounding population

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission defines two emergency planning zones around nuclear power plants: a plume exposure pathway zone with a radius of 10 miles (16 km), concerned primarily with exposure to, and inhalation of, airborne radioactive contamination, and an ingestion pathway zone of about 50 miles (80 km), concerned primarily with ingestion of food and liquid contaminated by radioactivity.

The 2010 U.S. population within 10 miles (16 km) of Beaver Valley was 114,514, a decrease of 6.6 percent in a decade, according to an analysis of U.S. Census data for msnbc.com. The 2010 U.S. population within 50 miles (80 km) was 3,140,766, a decrease of 3.7 percent since 2000. Cities within 50 miles include Pittsburgh (27 miles away, located upriver from the station).

Seismic risk

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's estimate of the risk each year of an earthquake intense enough to cause core damage to the reactor at Beaver Valley was Reactor 1: 1 in 20,833; Reactor 2: 1 in 45,455, according to an NRC study published in August 2010.

Fessenheim

Beaver Valley 1 was used as the reference design for the French nuclear plant at Fessenheim.

Electricity Production

Generation (MWh) of Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station

Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual (Total)
2001	1,231,013	1,102,516	1,166,836	950,419	1,233,917	1,121,462	1,217,758	1,198,702	591,649	1,025,347	1,142,673	1,196,944	13,179,236
2002	1,251,304	608,240	1,153,187	1,145,473	1,184,805	1,192,272	1,221,348	1,225,802	1,154,533	1,249,381	965,672	1,242,688	13,594,705
2003	1,255,979	1,055,681	697,138	603,373	1,170,240	1,166,613	1,236,025	1,231,773	827,308	934,518	1,176,607	1,263,843	12,619,098
2004	1,251,657	1,177,942	1,220,378	1,188,612	1,225,320	1,201,024	1,220,772	1,235,005	1,195,867	952,187	864,397	1,260,218	13,993,379
2005	1,255,576	1,090,158	1,199,215	668,912	1,207,987	1,191,284	1,219,273	1,223,496	1,194,150	1,248,452	1,213,007	1,258,802	13,970,312
2006	1,254,947	792,833	624,592	697,832	1,186,048	1,191,446	1,220,324	1,113,204	1,172,583	653,918	944,844	1,282,740	12,135,311
2007	1,285,853	1,154,054	1,261,440	1,279,576	1,308,772	1,224,796	1,300,702	1,281,551	1,075,003	757,142	1,281,442	1,330,533	14,540,864
2008	1,328,381	1,211,375	1,313,801	911,269	792,501	1,284,269	1,326,577	1,333,679	1,256,559	1,245,861	1,310,912	1,355,952	14,671,136
2009	1,357,886	1,216,023	1,354,586	1,037,877	861,301	1,294,649	1,335,155	1,322,102	1,297,394	900,693	689,664	1,344,115	14,011,445
2010	1,357,353	1,225,085	1,353,752	1,247,013	1,345,076	1,290,446	1,326,140	1,311,559	1,294,561	678,679	1,215,321	1,348,579	14,993,564
2011	1,358,220	1,223,500	794,430	945,182	1,380,844	1,292,883	1,322,972	1,333,629	1,297,709	1,353,637	1,314,586	1,359,030	14,976,622
2012	1,359,448	1,272,132	1,344,520	808,692	1,161,799	1,292,939	1,268,412	1,329,804	1,110,623	671,637	1,262,546	1,377,604	14,260,156
2013	1,375,394	1,178,630	1,377,800	1,322,946	1,269,906	1,100,118	1,342,437	1,348,437	1,262,925	685,882	1,116,453	1,398,375	14,779,303
2014	844,865	1,243,056	1,395,377	1,047,970	844,775	1,321,456	1,364,524	1,364,878	1,328,888	1,252,314	1,351,231	1,397,972	14,757,306
2015	1,398,293	1,261,672	1,391,529	1,037,656	829,260	1,269,925	1,364,082	1,366,499	1,174,970	703,561	1,346,473	1,393,852	14,537,772
2016	1,397,675	1,094,983	1,389,378	1,344,236	1,377,025	1,299,133	1,345,488	1,347,302	1,072,007	805,867	1,349,777	1,396,703	15,219,574
2017	1,394,300	1,257,282	1,381,341	1,064,573	899,597	1,314,750	1,349,908	1,357,233	1,320,533	1,373,254	1,207,854	1,390,882	15,311,507
2018	1,381,756	1,252,602	1,380,710	949,395	1,132,138	1,290,425	1,260,796	1,254,216	1,294,648	1,049,057	1,014,319	1,393,394	14,653,456
2019	1,393,366	1,256,203	1,380,532	1,320,761	1,366,244	1,306,762	1,344,244	1,353,568	1,257,007	874,858	1,210,506	1,392,419	15,456,470
2020	1,391,732	1,302,673	1,340,253	857,986	1,206,458	1,310,120	1,208,593	1,363,603	1,313,674	1,372,307	1,338,512	1,387,482	15,393,393
2021	1,391,329	1,254,453	1,374,763	862,925	1,075,609	1,300,647	1,352,121	1,348,384	1,308,693	781,423	949,760	1,381,289	14,381,396
2022	1,387,928	1,252,103	1,379,442	1,333,966	1,360,796	955,857	1,320,353	1,348,094	1,314,936	845,831	862,952	1,387,769	14,750,027
2023	1,387,043	1,251,449	1,370,780	831,678	849,294	1,318,244	1,350,951	1,355,943	1,229,198	1,337,087	1,343,339		13,625,006

See also

• Shippingport Reactor - Located adjacent to the Beaver Valley Power Station