Connecticut Yankee Nuclear Power Plant (CY) was a
nuclear power plant located in
Haddam Neck, Connecticut. 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
A containment dome is a component of the system designed to contain the underwater blowout of an oil well such as occurred with the Macondo Well blowout from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. This portion of the system is designed as a vacuum to ...
was completed the week of July 17, 2006.
Kenneth Nichols, 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 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.
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Lelan Sillin, Jr.
Lelan F. Sillin Jr. (April 19, 1918 – January 3, 1997) was a pioneer in the nuclear power industry, an advocate of nuclear safety, and chairman and chief executive of Northeast Utilities. An early proponent of nuclear power, he was nevertheless ...
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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