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Point Beach Nuclear Plant is a nuclear power plant located on Lake Michigan in the town of Two Creeks, Wisconsin, United States. The plant was built by Wisconsin Electric Power Company (now We Energies, a subsidiary of Wisconsin Energy Corporation), and previously operated by the Nuclear Management Company.
Point Beach Nuclear Plant. Providing safe, affordable and reliable electric power in Wisconsin. The Point Beach Nuclear Plant is bordered by neighboring farms and Lake Michigan on approximately 1,200 acres near the city of Two Rivers, Wisconsin. Learn More.
Point Beach is the only one of Wisconsin’s three nuclear power plants still in operation. Decommissioning is nearly complete at the La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor, a 50-megawatt demonstrator plant built by the federal government in 1967 and shut down in 1987.
The Point Beach Nuclear Plant is bordered by land of neighboring farms and Lake Michigan on approximately 1,200 acres near the city of Two Rivers, Wisconsin. Point Beach Nuclear Plant remains committed to being a safe and reliable source of energy and an invaluable asset to the surrounding community. Workforce.
The Point Beach Nuclear Power Plant has an outstanding record of safe operations. It is designed to withstand earthquakes and other natural events stronger than ever recorded in the region. In addition, many layers of security protect the plant.
NextEra says Point Beach generates 14% of Wisconsin's energy, powering 950,000 homes. The Point Beach Nuclear Plant in Manitowoc County has reached a milestone.
Unit 1 of the Point Beach nuclear power plant in Wisconsin has restarted following a 17% increase in its licensed power, NextEra Energy announced. In April 2009, the company requested permission from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to increase the capacity of each of the pressurized water reactors at the site from 512 MWe to 600 MWe. ...
NextEra Energy submitted an application Monday to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission seeking to add 20 years to the licenses for the Point Beach Nuclear Plant in Two Rivers, according to a document filed with state regulators.
Point Beach Nuclear Plant for 2021. 2450 hours of direct inspections. 2 resident inspectors on site – residents make four quarterly inspections per year and walk through the plant every day. 9 regional inspections.
Physicians for Social Responsibility Wisconsin (PSR), an anti-nuclear nonprofit group of health care professionals based in Madison, filed a petition in March challenging the application to renew Point Beach Nuclear Plant’s licenses for an additional 20 years.