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Yankee Atomic Electric Company (YAEC) was incorporated in Massachusetts in 1954. YAEC was sponsored by ten New England utilities for the purpose of constructing and operating New England's first nuclear power plant, the Yankee Nuclear Power Station. Owners and ownership percentage: [citation needed] New England Power Company 34.5%
In 1978, the Vermont Yankee reactor was the subject of Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., an important United States Supreme Court administrative law case which ruled that courts cannot impose procedures upon the NRC as this exceeds their power of judicial review.
Charles Francis Avila (September 17, 1906 – October 29, 2000) was an American electrical engineer and a Vice President and a member of the Executive Committee of the Yankee Atomic Electric Company. [1]
The Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant generated 620 MW of base load electricity during years 1972–2014. [5] Vermont had no operating utility-scale plants that used fissile material as a fuel in 2019. [1]
The Maine Yankee Nuclear Power Plant generated 860 MW of base load electricity during the years 1972 to 1996. Decommissioning was completed in 2005. Decommissioning was completed in 2005. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Maine had no utility-scale plants that used fissile material as a fuel in 2019.
A power company is planning to restart a dormant nuclear reactor at Pennsylvania's Three Mile Island nuclear generating station to help meet the power demands of high-tech data centers.
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos have also invested in nuclear plants in recent years. “I don’t see a way for us to get there without nuclear,” Altman told CNBC ...
Anti-nuclear political pressure ramped up after Three Mile Island accident, Chernobyl and especially the Fukushima nuclear disaster in March 2011. [citation needed] As of 2010, most of the energy was purchased wholesale for distribution from Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant and Hydro-Québec. The costs at Vermont Yankee were about 3 to 5 ...