Connecticut Yankee Nuclear Power Plant (CY) was a nuclear power plant located in Haddam Neck, Connecticut. The power plant is on the Connecticut River near the East Haddam Swing Bridge. The plant was commissioned in 1968, ceased electricity production in 1996, and was decommissioned by 2004. The reason for the closure was because operation of the nuclear power station was no longer cost effective.[1] The plant had a capacity of 582MW.[2] Demolition of the containment dome was completed the week of July 17, 2006.
| Connecticut Yankee Nuclear Power Plant | |
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.jpg) Connecticut Yankee Nuclear Power Plant | |
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| Official name | Haddam Neck Nuclear Power Plant |
| Country | United States |
| Location | Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut |
| Coordinates | 41°28′56″N 72°29′54″W / 41.48222°N 72.49833°W |
| Status | Decommissioned |
| Construction began | May 1, 1964 |
| Commission date | January 1, 1968 |
| Decommission date | December 5, 1996 |
| Owner | Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company |
| Operator | Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company |
| Nuclear power station | |
| Reactor type | PWR |
| Reactor supplier | Westinghouse |
| Cooling source | Connecticut River |
| Thermal capacity | 1 × 1825 MWth |
| Power generation | |
| Units decommissioned | 1 × 560 MW |
| Capacity factor | 73.5% (lifetime) |
| Annual net output | 3928.5 GWh per year 110,000 GWh lifetime |
| External links | |
| Website | Connecticut Yankee |
| Commons | Related media on Commons |
Kenneth Nichols, the deputy to Leslie Groves on the Manhattan Project, was a consultant for the Connecticut Yankee and Yankee Rowe nuclear power plants. He said that while the plants were considered "experimental" and were not expected to be competitive with coal and oil, they "became competitive because of inflation … and the large increase in price of coal and oil." The Connecticut Yankee plant was estimated to cost $100 million.[3]
All original buildings were removed during decommissioning and the former plant site, according to federal and state environmental authorities, has been fully remediated and ready for any use including farming.[1] Much of this work was completed by the Connecticut based Manafort Brothers Incorporated.[2]
Due to the failure of the US Department of Energy to develop a national nuclear waste storage facility, all of the spent fuel used by the reactor remains at the site in an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI). There are a total of 43 dry storage casks, 40 of which contain spent nuclear fuel while the other 3 contain reactor components classified as high-level radioactive waste.[3]
See also
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References
edit- ^ Ravo, Nick (10 October 1996). "Connecticut Atom Plant Likely to Close". The New York Times.
- ^ "SEC Info - Connecticut Light & Power Co - 8-K - For 7/22/96". SEC Info Website. Retrieved 2008-07-04.
- ^ Nichols, Kenneth David (1987). The Road to Trinity: A Personal Account of How America's Nuclear Policies Were Made. New York: William Morrow and Company. p. 344. ISBN 0-688-06910-X. OCLC 15223648.
External links
edit- Connecticut Yankee Website
- Connecticut Yankee To Leave A Legacy Hartford Courant article
All of the following are filed under 362 Injun Hollow Road, Haddam, Middlesex County, CT:
- HAER No. CT-185, "Haddam Neck Nuclear Power Plant", 7 measured drawings, 107 data pages
- HAER No. CT-185-A, "Haddam Neck Nuclear Power Plant, Screenwell House", 2 measured drawings, 16 data pages
- HAER No. CT-185-B, "Haddam Neck Nuclear Power Plant, Reactor Containment", 13 measured drawings, 64 data pages
- HAER No. CT-185-C, "Haddam Neck Nuclear Power Plant, Turbine Building", 12 measured drawings, 47 data pages
- HAER No. CT-185-D, "Haddam Neck Nuclear Power Plant, Discharge Canal", 3 measured drawings, 8 data pages
- HAER No. CT-185-F, "Haddam Neck Nuclear Power Plant, Service Building", 4 measured drawings, 25 data pages
- HAER No. CT-185-G, "Haddam Neck Nuclear Power Plant, Primary Auxiliary Building", 4 measured drawings, 13 data pages
- HAER No. CT-185-H, "Haddam Neck Nuclear Power Plant, Diesel Generator Building", 5 data pages
- HAER No. CT-185-I, "Haddam Neck Nuclear Power Plant, New Diesel Generator Building", 10 data pages
- HAER No. CT-185-J, "Haddam Neck Nuclear Power Plant, New and Spent Fuel Building", 4 measured drawings, 7 data pages
- HAER No. CT-185-K, "Haddam Neck Nuclear Power Plant, Ion Exchange Area", 1 measured drawing
- HAER No. CT-185-L, "Haddam Neck Nuclear Power Plant, Waste Disposal Building", 1 measured drawing
- HAER No. CT-185-M, "Haddam Neck Nuclear Power Plant, Spent Resin Storage Facility", 2 measured drawings
- HAER No. CT-185-O, "Haddam Neck Nuclear Power Plant, Switchgear Building", 3 measured drawings, 12 data pages
- HAER No. CT-185-P, "Haddam Neck Nuclear Power Plant, 115-kV Building", 1 measured drawing, 8 data pages
- HAER No. CT-185-R, "Haddam Neck Nuclear Power Plant, Administration Building", 3 data pages