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Plant Profile

 
   

Location

 

The plant is located 10 miles southeast of Fulton, Missouri, in Callaway County; 25 miles northeast of Jefferson City, Missouri; 40 miles southeast of Columbia, Missouri; 100 miles west of St. Louis, Missouri; and 120 miles east of Kansas City, Missouri.
 

Owner

   

AmerenUE (formerly known as Union Electric Company) owns and operates Callaway Plant, the only power plant on the Ameren system that generates electricity by nuclear energy.
 

 

Plant Design

   

Standardized Nuclear Unit Power Plant System (SNUPPS), using a Westinghouse four-loop pressurized reactor and a General Electric turbine-generator.
 

 

Generating Capacity

 
   

1,190 megawatts (net)
 

 

Operational Date

   

December 19, 1984
 

 

Cost to Build

   

$3 billion
 

 

Workforce

   

More than 1,000 AmerenUE employees and contractors work at the plant with a total annual payroll of approximately $100 million.
 

 

Economic Benefit

   

In 2007, the Callaway Plant accounted for nearly $30 million in taxes shared by 67 Missouri counties, including nearly $9 million in taxes to Callaway County.

       
       
       

   
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