As the plant's original architect/engineer and construction manager, Fluor began engineering on this 540-MWe Westinghouse two-loop pressurized water reactor back in 1967. During the original construction, Fluor provided engineering and design services, licensing assistance, construction management, cost and schedule control, document control, quality assurance, quality control and start-up assistance for the unit.
Three-region cycled core designed to burn slightly enriched uranium dioxide was the fuel to heat steam to 750 psig @510 degrees full load with a single reheat. The turbine was a tandem compound, four flow exhaust with extraction for five stages of feedwater heating.