Abstract :
The Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) Co.´s Humboldt Bay nuclear unit generated its first electric power on April 18, 1963. The 50,000-kwe (electric kilowatts) atomic plant sustained its first chain reaction on Feb. 16. It is now operating at a power level of 5,000 kwe in accordance with the power test program. The plant will be brought up to full power in a series of steps which will permit a check-out of the operating characteristics of the nuclear core.
