Nuclear Plants in the Northeast USA

Connecticut Yankee Location: CT Operator: Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Co Configuration: 1 X 600 MW PWR Operation: 1968, ret 1996 Reactor supplier: WH T/G supplier: WH EPC: Stone & Webster Quick facts: CY generated electricity for the first time on 7 Aug 1967 and began commercial operation on 1 Jan 1968 rated at 490 MWe, just 6yrs after project inception. On 15 Nov 1998, at 11:11am, the last fuel assembly was removed from the reactor core and placed in the spent fuel pool leaving 1,019 fuel assemblies at the station for long term storage. For 2yrs, CY was the largest nuclear unit in the world. Over 28yrs of operation, the unit generated over 110 TWh of electricity and held the continuous run world record for a PWR two times. On 2 Sep 1989, CY became the first nuclear unit to break the 400-day continuous run mark twice. Connecticut Yankee had a lifetime capacity factor of 71%. Most of the 500ac site was officially decommissioned and released for unrestricted use on 26 Nov 2007. A 5ac parcel is maintained for a dry cask fuel storage facility. Photograph courtesy of Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Co Posted 17 Oct 2004	Hope Creek / Salem Location: NJ Operator: PSEG Nuclear Configuration: 1 X 1,049 MW BWR (HC), 2 X 1,170 MW PWR (Salem) Operation: 1986 (HC), 1977-1981 (Salem) Reactor supplier: GE, WH T/G supplier: GE, WH EPC: Bechtel, UE&C Photograph courtesy of Power Posted 18 Jun 2004	Maine Yankee Location: ME Operator: Maine Yankee Atomic Power Co Configuration: 1 X 920 MW PWR Operation: 1972, ret 1997 Reactor supplier: CE T/G supplier: WH EPC: Stone & Webster Quick facts: Photograph shows emptied and partially removed containment structure not long before it was demolished. Site remediation was completed in July 2005. The cost to decommission the plant and store used fuel on-site through 2023 is estimated at about $541mn (1998 dollars). Photograph by Brian McDermott Posted 29 Aug  2005
Millstone Location: CT Operator: Dominion Energy Inc Configuration: 1 X 662 MW BWR (ret), 1 X 917 MW PWR, 1 X 1,208 MW PWR Operation: 1971-1986 Reactor supplier: GE, CE, WH T/G supplier: GE EPC: Ebasco, Bechtel, Stone & Webster Quick facts: A unique site with reactors from three different vendors. Unit-1 retired 1998. Photograph courtesy of US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Posted 13 Feb 2008	Oyster Creek Location: NJ Operator: Amergen Energy Co LLC Configuration: 1 X 640 MW BWR Operation: 1969 Reactor supplier: GE T/G supplier: GE EPC: Burns & Roe, J A Jones Photograph courtesy of British Energy Posted 18 Sep 2003	Pilgrim Location: MA Operator: Entergy Nuclear Inc Configuration: 1 X 685 MW BWR Operation: 1972 Reactor supplier: GE T/G supplier: GE EPC: Bechtel Quick facts: At one time, a 1,240-MW CE PWR was planned at the Pilgrim site. Photograph courtesy of US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Posted 13 Feb 2008
	Seabrook Location: NH Operator: FPL Energy LLC Configuration: 1 X 1,194 MW PWR Operation: 1990 Reactor supplier: WH T/G supplier: GE EPC: UE&C Quick facts: Seabrook-2 was cancelled. Photograph courtesy of FPL Group Posted 4 Nov 2004

Abbreviations:  BWR = boiling-water reactor, CE = Combustion Engineering, EPC = engineering, procurement, and construction, GE = General Electric, PWR = pressurized-water reactor, T/G = turbine generator,  UE&C = United Engineers & Constructors, WH = Westinghouse Electric

Data: industcards, Platts UDI World Electric Power Plants Data Base

Updated 02/14/08

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