Connecticut Yankee Nuclear Power Plant

Connecticut Yankee Nuclear Power Plant
Connecticut Yankee Nuclear Power Plant
Official name	Haddam Neck Nuclear Power Plant
Country	United States
Location	Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut
Coordinates	41°28′56″N 72°29′54″W
Status	Decommissioned
Construction began	May 1, 1964
Commission date	January 1, 1968
Decommission date	December 5, 1996
Owner	Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company
Operator	Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company
Nuclear power station
Reactor type	PWR
Reactor supplier	Westinghouse
Cooling source	Connecticut River
Thermal capacity	1 × 1825 MWth
Power generation
Units decommissioned	1 × 560 MW
Capacity factor	73.5% (lifetime)
External links
Website	Connecticut Yankee
Commons	Related media on Commons

Connecticut Yankee Nuclear Power Plant (CY) was a nuclear power plant located in Haddam Neck, Connecticut, The Power plant is on the Connecticut River, nearby is the Haddam Neck swing bridge. that was commissioned in 1968, ceased electricity production in 1996, and was decommissioned by 2004. The reason for the closure was because operation of the nuclear power station was no longer cost effective. The plant had a capacity of 582MW. Demolition of the containment dome was completed the week of July 17, 2006.

Kenneth Nichols, the deputy to Leslie Groves on the Manhattan Project, was a consultant for the Connecticut Yankee and Yankee Rowe nuclear power plants. He said that while the plants were considered "experimental" and were not expected to be competitive with coal and oil, they "became competitive because of inflation … and the large increase in price of coal and oil." The Connecticut Yankee plant was estimated to cost $100 million.

See also

• Lelan Sillin, Jr.

External links

• Connecticut Yankee Website
• Connecticut Yankee To Leave A Legacy Hartford Courant article

Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) documentation

All of the following are filed under 362 Injun Hollow Road, Haddam, Middlesex County, CT:

• HAER No. CT-185, "Haddam Neck Nuclear Power Plant", 7 measured drawings, 107 data pages
• HAER No. CT-185-A, "Haddam Neck Nuclear Power Plant, Screenwell House", 2 measured drawings, 16 data pages
• HAER No. CT-185-B, "Haddam Neck Nuclear Power Plant, Reactor Containment", 13 measured drawings, 64 data pages
• HAER No. CT-185-C, "Haddam Neck Nuclear Power Plant, Turbine Building", 12 measured drawings, 47 data pages
• HAER No. CT-185-D, "Haddam Neck Nuclear Power Plant, Discharge Canal", 3 measured drawings, 8 data pages
• HAER No. CT-185-F, "Haddam Neck Nuclear Power Plant, Service Building", 4 measured drawings, 25 data pages
• HAER No. CT-185-G, "Haddam Neck Nuclear Power Plant, Primary Auxiliary Building", 4 measured drawings, 13 data pages
• HAER No. CT-185-H, "Haddam Neck Nuclear Power Plant, Diesel Generator Building", 5 data pages
• HAER No. CT-185-I, "Haddam Neck Nuclear Power Plant, New Diesel Generator Building", 10 data pages
• HAER No. CT-185-J, "Haddam Neck Nuclear Power Plant, New and Spent Fuel Building", 4 measured drawings, 7 data pages
• HAER No. CT-185-K, "Haddam Neck Nuclear Power Plant, Ion Exchange Area", 1 measured drawing
• HAER No. CT-185-L, "Haddam Neck Nuclear Power Plant, Waste Disposal Building", 1 measured drawing
• HAER No. CT-185-M, "Haddam Neck Nuclear Power Plant, Spent Resin Storage Facility", 2 measured drawings
• HAER No. CT-185-O, "Haddam Neck Nuclear Power Plant, Switchgear Building", 3 measured drawings, 12 data pages
• HAER No. CT-185-P, "Haddam Neck Nuclear Power Plant, 115-kV Building", 1 measured drawing, 8 data pages
• HAER No. CT-185-R, "Haddam Neck Nuclear Power Plant, Administration Building", 3 data pages