Alan R. Barton Plant
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The Alan R. Barton Nuclear Plant was a proposed commercial nuclear power plant in central Alabama.
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Proposed plant [edit]
Alabama Power Company proposed constructing four 1,159 MWe General Electric Boiling Water Reactors at the site approximately 15 miles southeast of Clanton, Alabama.[1]
The proposed plant was named after Alabama Power Company Senior Vice President Alan R. Barton.[2]
The proposed plant was identified by the acronym ABNP in Nuclear Regulatory Commission correspondence. [3]
1970s cancellation [edit]
Barton 3 & 4 were canceled in 1975 while under 10CFR50 Construction Permit (CP) review. Two years later, Barton 1 & 2 were canceled during the CP review process as well.[1]
Reactor data [edit]
The nuclear power plant was to have had four units:
| Unit | Reactor type |
Net capacity |
Gross- capacity |
Planned | Canceled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barton-1 [4] | General Electric Boiling Water Reactor (BWR/6) | 1.209 MW | 1.254 MW | 1972 | 01.11.1977 |
| Barton-2 [5] | General Electric Boiling Water Reactor (BWR/6) | 1.209 MW | 1.254 MW | 1972 | 01.11.1977 |
| Barton-3 [6] | General Electric Boiling Water Reactor (BWR/6) | 1.209 MW | 1.254 MW | 1974 | 01.11.1975 |
| Barton-4 [7] | General Electric Boiling Water Reactor (BWR/6) | 1.209 MW | 1.254 MW | 1974 | 01.11.1975 |
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