Connecticut Yankee Nuclear Power Plant

Connecticut Yankee Nuclear Power Plant
Connecticut Yankee Nuclear Power Plant
	Connecticut Yankee Nuclear Power Plant
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°WCoordinates: 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(s)	Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company
Operator(s)	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)
External links
Website	Connecticut Yankee
Commons	Related media on Commons
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Connecticut Yankee Nuclear Power Plant (CY) was a nuclear power plant located in Haddam Neck, Connecticut, that 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.

Kenneth Nichols the deputy to Leslie Groves on the Manhattan Project was a consultant for the Connecticut Yankee and Yankee Rowe nuclear power plants, and said that while 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]

References[]

^ 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.