Connecticut Yankee Nuclear Power Plant

US nuclear power plant (1968–2004)

41°28′56″N 72°29′54″W / 41.48222°N 72.49833°W / 41.48222; -72.49833StatusDecommissionedConstruction beganMay 1, 1964Commission dateJanuary 1, 1968Decommission dateDecember 5, 1996Owner(s)Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power CompanyOperator(s)Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power CompanyNuclear power station Reactor typePWRReactor supplierWestinghouseCooling sourceConnecticut RiverThermal capacity1 × 1825 MW_thPower generation Units decommissioned1 × 560 MWCapacity factor73.5% (lifetime)External linksWebsiteConnecticut YankeeCommonsRelated media on Commons

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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.

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]

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.

External links

Connecticut Yankee Website
Connecticut Yankee To Leave A Legacy Hartford Courant article

Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) documentation

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