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The Millstone Nuclear Power Station is the only nuclear power plant in Connecticut [2] and the only multi-unit nuclear plant in New England. It is located at a former quarry (from which it takes its name) in Waterford. With a total capacity of over 2 GW, the station produces enough electricity to power about 2 million homes.
As of 2020, municipal electric utilities in Massachusetts only produced 2.43% of their energy from wind and solar energy, but because of contracts held with Seabrook Nuclear Station and Millstone Nuclear Power Plant in Connecticut, the share of non-emitting energy produced by Massachusetts municipal electric utilities jumps to 38.22%. [35]
Millstone site Vice President Michael O'Connor said Wednesday that the steady income Dominion would receive from the data center, which would consume around 15% of the plant's output, would help ...
The National Thermal Power Corporation has established a joint venture with the Nuclear Power Corporation of India for the construction of nuclear power plants. Larsen & Toubro (L&T) India Manufacturing of equipment of nuclear power plants L&T is one of largest engineering companies of India, engaged in building parts of nuclear plants. [3] [4 ...
George Galatis is a senior nuclear engineer and whistleblower who reported safety problems at the Millstone 1 Nuclear Power Plant, relating to reactor refueling procedures, in 1996. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The unsafe procedures meant that spent fuel rod pools at Unit 1 had the potential to boil, possibly releasing radioactive steam throughout the plant. [ 3 ]
The city's municipal gas and electric department assumed responsibility for the generators and absorbed the HWP distribution customer base. [14] Between 2000 and 2002 due to state laws, NU divested WMECO, CL&P, and PSNH's nuclear generating assets which consisted of their stakes in the Seabrook , Millstone , and Vermont Yankee stations.
The plant ceased operation in 1993. A leak and explosion in 1986 left one worker dead and extreme groundwater and soil contamination across the 600-acre site. [2] The plant was operated under Kerr-McGee Nuclear Corporation. [3] In 1983 KMNC split into Quivira Mining Corporation and Sequoyah Fuels Corporation. The latter was given control of the ...
Karen Gay Silkwood (February 19, 1946 – November 13, 1974) was an American laboratory technician and labor union activist known for reporting concerns about corporate practices related to health and safety in a nuclear facility. She worked at the Kerr-McGee Cimarron Fuel Fabrication Site in Crescent, Oklahoma, making plutonium pellets. She ...