Connecticut Yankee Nuclear Power Plant (CY) was a
nuclear power plant
A nuclear power plant (NPP) is a thermal power station in which the heat source is a nuclear reactor. As is typical of thermal power stations, heat is used to generate steam that drives a steam turbine connected to a electric generator, generato ...
located in
Haddam Neck, Connecticut
Haddam is a town in Middlesex County, Connecticut. The population was 8,452 at the time of the 2020 census. The town was also home to the now-decommissioned Connecticut Yankee Nuclear Power Plant.
History
Haddam, in Middlesex County, is locat ...
. The power plant is on the Connecticut River near the Haddam Neck swing bridge. The plant 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
Major General Kenneth David Nichols CBE (13 November 1907 – 21 February 2000), also known by Nick, was an officer in the United States Army, and a civil engineer who worked on the secret Manhattan Project, which developed the atomic bomb dur ...
, the deputy to
Leslie Groves
Lieutenant General Leslie Richard Groves Jr. (17 August 1896 – 13 July 1970) was a United States Army Corps of Engineers officer who oversaw the construction of the Pentagon and directed the Manhattan Project, a top secret research project ...
on the
Manhattan Project
The Manhattan Project was a research and development undertaking during World War II that produced the first nuclear weapons. It was led by the United States with the support of the United Kingdom and Canada. From 1942 to 1946, the project w ...
, was a consultant for the Connecticut Yankee and
Yankee Rowe
Yankee Rowe Nuclear Power Station (Nuclear decommissioning, decommissioned) was a nuclear power plant in Rowe, Massachusetts, that operated from 1960 to 1992. The 185-megawatt electric pressurized water reactor, pressurized-water plant, located on ...
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
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Lelan Sillin, Jr.
References
External links
Connecticut Yankee WebsiteConnecticut Yankee To Leave A Legacy
Hartford Courant article
All of the following are filed under 362 Injun Hollow Road, Haddam, Middlesex County, CT:
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Energy infrastructure completed in 1968
Haddam, Connecticut
Historic American Engineering Record in Connecticut
Nuclear power plants in Connecticut
Decommissioned nuclear power stations in the United States
Buildings and structures in Middlesex County, Connecticut
Nuclear power stations using pressurized water reactors
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