Perry Nuclear Power Plant

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The Perry Nuclear Power Plant is a General Electric boiling water reactor owned by First Energy Nuclear Operating Corporation and located on 1,100 acres (450 ha) outside of Cleveland in North Perry, Ohio, USA.

The reactor is a BWR-6 design, with a Mark III containment design. The original core power level of 3579 megawatts thermal was increased to 3758 megawatts thermal in 2000, making Perry one of the largest BWRs in the United States.

Built at a cost of $6 billion, Perry-1 is one of the most expensive power plants ever constructed.

Perry was originally designed as a two-unit installation, but construction on Unit 2 was suspended in 1985 and formally cancelled in 1994. At the time of cancellation, all of the major buildings and structures for the second unit were completed, including the 500 foot tall cooling tower. Aerial pictures of Perry show what appears to be two nuclear units. The completed sections have since been raided for spare parts to maintain Unit 1. It is theoretically possible that a second unit could be constructed on the site, but current economical and regulatory conditions are not conducive to doing so. At any rate, the second unit would have to be re-built from the ground up to accommodate the newer reactor design that would almost certainly be installed.

Perry was the 100th power reactor licensed in the United States.