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Big Rock Point Nuclear Power Plant
Big Rock Point was a nuclear power plant near Charlevoix, Michigan, United States. Big Rock operated from 1962 to 1997. It was owned and operated by Consumers Power, now known as Consumers Energy. Its boiling water reactor was made by General Electric (GE) and was capable of producing 67 megawatts of electricity. Bechtel Corporation was the primary contractor. History Big Rock was Michigan's first nuclear power plant and the nation's fifth. It also produced cobalt-60 for the medical industry from 1971 to 1982. Ground was broken on July 20, 1960. Construction was completed in 29 months at a cost of $27.7 million. Its license from the United States Atomic Energy Commission, Nuclear Regulatory Commission was issued on August 29, 1962. The reactor first went critical on September 27 and the first electricity was generated on December 8, 1962. A promotional video for the plant featured then GE spokesman Ronald Reagan. Facts and figures * Reactor vessel dimensions: tall x in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hayes Township, Charlevoix County, Michigan
Hayes Township is a civil township of Charlevoix County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,919 at the 2010 census. Communities *Bay Shore is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located in the northeastern portion of township along the shores of Lake Michigan at . The community also extends east into Resort Township in Emmet County. *Burgess (or Burgess Corner) is an unincorporated community located within the township at . It began as a sawmill settlement in 1877 and was named after mill owner E. H. Burgess. A post office operated in Burgess from February 28, 1877 until July 14, 1904. *Embo is a former settlement within the township about east of Charlevoix. It was given a railroad station along the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad, and a post office opened on April 3, 1873. The post office operated only briefly until closing on October 27, 1875. *Success is a former settlement within the township that existed with a rural post off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |