Clinton Nuclear Generating Station
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| Clinton Power Station | |
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| Country |  United States |
| Location | Clinton, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 40°10′20″N 88°50′6″W / 40.17222°N 88.835°WCoordinates: 40°10′20″N 88°50′6″W / 40.17222°N 88.835°W |
| Operator | Exelon Corporation |
| Start of commercial operation | April 24, 1987 |
| Reactors | |
| Reactor supplier | General Electric |
| Reactor type | boiling water reactor |
| Reactors active | 1 (1,043 MW) |
| Reactors planned | 1 (at least 1,100 MW) |
| Power | |
| Total power generation in 2007 | 9,250 GW·h |
| Status | Operating |
| Other details | |
| Architect | Sargent & Lundy |
| Cost | >$2.6 billion |
| License expires | September 29, 2026 |
| NRC region | Region 3 |
| Website www.exeloncorp.com/.../Clinton_Power_Station |
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The Clinton Power Station is located near Clinton, Illinois, USA. The nuclear power station has a General Electric boiling water reactor on a 14,300 acres (57.9 km2) site with an adjacent 5,000 acres (20.2 km2) cooling reservoir, Clinton Lake. Due to inflation and cost overruns, Clinton's final construction cost exceeded $2.6 billion, leading the plant to produce some of the most expensive power in the Midwest. The power station began service on April 24, 1987 and is currently capable of generating 1,043 MW.
After more than a decade of operation the plant's original owner, Illinois Power, deduced that it was not economical to own and operate only one nuclear generating station. They subsequently sold Clinton Generating Station to Exelon Corporation for a more modest price of $40 million dollars, with the purchase including the fuel in the reactor vessel and responsibility of all the radioactive waste in the spent fuel storage pool. The reactor design is of the type called the Generation III reactor.[citation needed] The present reactor operating license was issued April 17, 1987, and will expire September 29, 2026.
The Operator and Owner is the AmerGen Energy Company, now a subsidiary of the Exelon Corporation.
In September 2003, Exelon submitted an Early Site Permit to place a second reactor at the Clinton site — this was approved March 15, 2007.[1] The Early Site Permit does not actually grant any type of license to begin building a second reactor, although it offers the operator an avenue to begin the approval process leading to construction and operation of an additional power reactor at the site. According to the ESP, the new plant design will be of the AP1000, although the ESP does not state what gross wattage has been selected.
[edit] In popular culture
Inspired by the nearby power station, Clinton radio station WHOW changed its motto to "WHOW, your radio active station" in April 1989.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ "Issued Early Site Permit - Clinton Site". Early Site Permits. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). August 28, 2008. http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/esp/clinton.html. Retrieved on 2008-11-19.
- ^ "Ex-mayor's encore rebuffs Warhol". Bloomington Pantagraph. April 17, 1989. "In Clinton, though, WHOW radio may have outdone them all. The station's new slogan is influenced by Illinois Power Co.'s nuclear plant just eight miles away. "WHOW," goes the motto. "Your radio active station.""
[edit] External links
- "Clinton Nuclear Power Plant, Illinois". Energy Information Administration, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). August 22, 2008. http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/nuclear/page/at_a_glance/reactors/clinton.html. Retrieved on 2008-11-19.
- "Clinton Boiling Water Reactor". Operating Nuclear Power Reactors. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). February 14, 2008. http://www.nrc.gov/info-finder/reactor/clin.html. Retrieved on 2008-11-19.
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