Nuclear Power in the US

DECOMMISSIONED: 1ONNECTICUT YANKEE NUCLEAR P OWER STATION Location: Haddam Neck, CT Operator/owner: Connecticut Yankee Atomic Electric Company License issued: 1967 Shutdown: 1996 Fuel Assemblies: Dry cask storage, 1,019. Below is a typical spent nuclear fuel storage pool at a Boiling Water Reactor, the same type of reactor used at plants in Vermont and Massachussetts. The pool illustration shows how nuclear fuel rods are packed within a storage pool. 7 MILLSTONE NUCLEAR 2 YANKEE ROWE NUCLEAR POWER STATION Location: Waterford, CT Operator/owner: Dominion Nuclear Connecticut POWER STATION Location: Rowe, MA Water 30 ft. above fuel rods NORMAL CONDITIONS: Owner: Yankee Atomic Electric Company License issued: 1963 Shutdown: 1991 Fuel Rods: Current assemblies, 624. • Fuel rods stored on racks with 45 ft. of cool water circulating around them. Type: Units 2 and 3, Pressurized Water Reactors Unit 1: Boiling Water Reactor Online: (see below) Unit 1: Online 1970, shutdown 1998 Unit 2: Dec. 1975 Unit 3: March 1986 License expiration: Unit 2: July 2035 Unit 3: Nov. 2045 POOL DETAIL ACTIVE: 3 VERMONT YANKEE MAINE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT Location: Vernon, VT Operator/owner: Energy Nuclear Generation Company Type: Boiling Water Reactor Fuel Rods (unit 2): Original license, 677. Currently holding, 909. Current license, 1,346. Fuel Rods (unit 3): Original license, 756. Currently holding, 1,040. Current license, 1,860. AUGUSTA Online: 1972 Fuel Rods: Original license, 600. Current assemblies, 2,935. 13 ft. tall fuel rods Spent fuel rod pool PORTLAND Reactor 4 MAINE YANKEE Location: Wiscasset, MA Online: 1972 vessel VERMONT PLYMOUTH 8 INDIAN POINT ENERGY CENTER NEW HAMPSHIRE Location: Buchanan, NY Operator/owner: Entergy Operations Type: Pressurized Water Reactor Online: (see below) Unit 1: Online 1962, shutdown 1974 Unit 2: Aug. 1975 Unit 3: Aug. 1976 License expiration: Unit 2: Sep. 2013 Unit 3: Dec. 2015 Shutdown: 1996 Fuel Rods: Dry cask storage, 1,434. CONCORD SPRINGFIELD 5 SEABROOK NUCLEAR POWER STATION Location: Seabrook, NH Operator/owner: FPL Energy Seabrook Inc. Type: Pressurized Water Reactor Online: 1990 BOSTON FUEL RODS MASSACHUSETTS ALBANY Fuel Rods: Original license, 1,236. Current assemblies, 936. Dry cask storage, 192. SPRINGFIELD OVERLOADING CONDITIONS: Fuel Rods: 2,073 spent fuel assemblies at two pools, or 903 metric tons, according to 2002 data compiled by the Department of Energy. NRC records show Unit 2 was licensed to handle 478 assemblies PROVIDENCE 6 PILGRIM NUCLEAR Rods in many pools are now nearly as close together as when • they were in the reactor itself. The reason they do not initiate fission and a chain reaction is the chemical Boron is added and the sides of the pools are coated with a material that inhibits fission. Boron limits a chain reaction and the water itself is a “moderator" that controls fission. So that's why they don't burn even though they are so close together. HARTFORD GENERATING STATION CONNECTICUT Location: Plymouth, MA Operator/owner: Energy Nuclear Generation Company Type: Boiling Water Reactor Online: 1972 e NEWPORT NEW YORK RHODE ISLAND BRIDGEPORT when it opened in 1975. Unit 3 began with a license for 264 assemblies in 1976 and increased to 840 in 1978. STAMFORD Fuel Rods: Original license, 880. Current assemblies, 2,918. Current license, 3,859. TIMOTHY GUZDA/STAFF GRAPHIC WITH CHICAGO TRIBUNE ART AND CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS MANHATTAN This project Is a collaboration between Hearst Connecticut Media Group and the New England Center for Investigative Reporting. DECOMMISSIONED: 1ONNECTICUT YANKEE NUCLEAR P OWER STATION Location: Haddam Neck, CT Operator/owner: Connecticut Yankee Atomic Electric Company License issued: 1967 Shutdown: 1996 Fuel Assemblies: Dry cask storage, 1,019. Below is a typical spent nuclear fuel storage pool at a Boiling Water Reactor, the same type of reactor used at plants in Vermont and Massachussetts. The pool illustration shows how nuclear fuel rods are packed within a storage pool. 7 MILLSTONE NUCLEAR 2 YANKEE ROWE NUCLEAR POWER STATION Location: Waterford, CT Operator/owner: Dominion Nuclear Connecticut POWER STATION Location: Rowe, MA Water 30 ft. above fuel rods NORMAL CONDITIONS: Owner: Yankee Atomic Electric Company License issued: 1963 Shutdown: 1991 Fuel Rods: Current assemblies, 624. • Fuel rods stored on racks with 45 ft. of cool water circulating around them. Type: Units 2 and 3, Pressurized Water Reactors Unit 1: Boiling Water Reactor Online: (see below) Unit 1: Online 1970, shutdown 1998 Unit 2: Dec. 1975 Unit 3: March 1986 License expiration: Unit 2: July 2035 Unit 3: Nov. 2045 РOL DETAIL ACTIVE: 3 VERMONT YANKEE MAINE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT Location: Vernon, VT Operator/owner: Energy Nuclear Generation Company Type: Boiling Water Reactor Fuel Rods (unit 2): Original license, 677. Currently holding, 909. Current license, 1,346. Fuel Rods (unit 3): Original license, 756. Currently holding, 1,040. Current license, 1,860. AUGUSTA Online: 1972 4 Fuel Rods: Original license, 600. Current assemblies, 2,935. 13 ft. tall fuel rods Spent fuel rod pool PORTLAND Reactor 4 MAINE YANKEE Location: Wiscasset, MA Online: 1972 vessel VERMONT PLYMOUTH 8 INDIAN POINT ENERGY CENTER NEW HAMPSHIRE Location: Buchanan, NY Operator/owner: Entergy Operations Type: Pressurized Water Reactor Online: (see below) Unit 1: Online 1962, shutdown 1974 Unit 2: Aug. 1975 Unit 3: Aug. 1976 License expiration: Unit 2: Sep. 2013 Unit 3: Dec. 2015 Shutdown: 1996 Fuel Rods: Dry cask storage, 1,434. CONCORD SPRINGFIELD 5 SEABROOK NUCLEAR POWER STATION Location: Seabrook, NH Operator/owner: FPL Energy Seabrook Inc. Type: Pressurized Water Reactor Online: 1990 3 BOSTON FUEL RODS MASSACHUSETTS ALBANY Fuel Rods: Original license, 1,236. Current assemblies, 936. Dry cask storage, 192. SPRINGFIELD OVERLOADING CONDITIONS: Fuel Rods: 2,073 spent fuel assemblies at two pools, or 903 metric tons, according to 2002 data compiled by the Department of Energy. NRC records show Unit 2 was licensed to handle 478 assemblies PROVIDENCE 6 PILGRIM NUCLEAR Rods in many pools are now nearly as close together as when • they were in the reactor itself. The reason they do not initiate fission and a chain reaction is the chemical Boron is added and the sides of the pools are coated with a material that inhibits fission. Boron limits a chain reaction and the water itself is a “moderator" that controls fission. So that's why they don't burn even though they are so close together. HARTFORD GENERATING STATION CONNECTICUT Location: Plymouth, MA Operator/owner: Energy Nuclear Generation Company Type: Boiling Water Reactor Online: 1972 e NEWPORT NEW YORK RHODE ISLAND BRIDGEPORT when it opened in 1975. Unit 3 began with a license for 264 assemblies in 1976 and increased to 840 in 1978. STAMFORD Fuel Rods: Original license, 880. Current assemblies, 2,918. Current license, 3,859. TIMOTHY GUZDA/STAFF GRAPHIC WITH CHICAGO TRIBUNE ART AND CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS MANHATTAN This project Is a collaboration between Hearst Connecticut Media Group and the New England Center for Investigative Reporting. DECOMMISSIONED: 1ONNECTICUT YANKEE NUCLEAR P OWER STATION Location: Haddam Neck, CT Operator/owner: Connecticut Yankee Atomic Electric Company License issued: 1967 Shutdown: 1996 Fuel Assemblies: Dry cask storage, 1,019. Below is a typical spent nuclear fuel storage pool at a Boiling Water Reactor, the same type of reactor used at plants in Vermont and Massachussetts. The pool illustration shows how nuclear fuel rods are packed within a storage pool. 7 MILLSTONE NUCLEAR 2 YANKEE ROWE NUCLEAR POWER STATION Location: Waterford, CT Operator/owner: Dominion Nuclear Connecticut POWER STATION Location: Rowe, MA Water 30 ft. above fuel rods NORMAL CONDITIONS: Owner: Yankee Atomic Electric Company License issued: 1963 Shutdown: 1991 Fuel Rods: Current assemblies, 624. • Fuel rods stored on racks with 45 ft. of cool water circulating around them. Type: Units 2 and 3, Pressurized Water Reactors Unit 1: Boiling Water Reactor Online: (see below) Unit 1: Online 1970, shutdown 1998 Unit 2: Dec. 1975 Unit 3: March 1986 License expiration: Unit 2: July 2035 Unit 3: Nov. 2045 РOL DETAIL ACTIVE: 3 VERMONT YANKEE MAINE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT Location: Vernon, VT Operator/owner: Energy Nuclear Generation Company Type: Boiling Water Reactor Fuel Rods (unit 2): Original license, 677. Currently holding, 909. Current license, 1,346. Fuel Rods (unit 3): Original license, 756. Currently holding, 1,040. Current license, 1,860. AUGUSTA Online: 1972 4 Fuel Rods: Original license, 600. Current assemblies, 2,935. 13 ft. tall fuel rods Spent fuel rod pool PORTLAND Reactor 4 MAINE YANKEE Location: Wiscasset, MA Online: 1972 vessel VERMONT PLYMOUTH 8 INDIAN POINT ENERGY CENTER NEW HAMPSHIRE Location: Buchanan, NY Operator/owner: Entergy Operations Type: Pressurized Water Reactor Online: (see below) Unit 1: Online 1962, shutdown 1974 Unit 2: Aug. 1975 Unit 3: Aug. 1976 License expiration: Unit 2: Sep. 2013 Unit 3: Dec. 2015 Shutdown: 1996 Fuel Rods: Dry cask storage, 1,434. CONCORD SPRINGFIELD 5 SEABROOK NUCLEAR POWER STATION Location: Seabrook, NH Operator/owner: FPL Energy Seabrook Inc. Type: Pressurized Water Reactor Online: 1990 3 BOSTON FUEL RODS MASSACHUSETTS ALBANY Fuel Rods: Original license, 1,236. Current assemblies, 936. Dry cask storage, 192. SPRINGFIELD OVERLOADING CONDITIONS: Fuel Rods: 2,073 spent fuel assemblies at two pools, or 903 metric tons, according to 2002 data compiled by the Department of Energy. NRC records show Unit 2 was licensed to handle 478 assemblies PROVIDENCE 6 PILGRIM NUCLEAR Rods in many pools are now nearly as close together as when • they were in the reactor itself. The reason they do not initiate fission and a chain reaction is the chemical Boron is added and the sides of the pools are coated with a material that inhibits fission. Boron limits a chain reaction and the water itself is a “moderator" that controls fission. So that's why they don't burn even though they are so close together. HARTFORD GENERATING STATION CONNECTICUT Location: Plymouth, MA Operator/owner: Energy Nuclear Generation Company Type: Boiling Water Reactor Online: 1972 e NEWPORT NEW YORK RHODE ISLAND BRIDGEPORT when it opened in 1975. Unit 3 began with a license for 264 assemblies in 1976 and increased to 840 in 1978. STAMFORD Fuel Rods: Original license, 880. Current assemblies, 2,918. Current license, 3,859. TIMOTHY GUZDA/STAFF GRAPHIC WITH CHICAGO TRIBUNE ART AND CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS MANHATTAN This project Is a collaboration between Hearst Connecticut Media Group and the New England Center for Investigative Reporting. DECOMMISSIONED: 1ONNECTICUT YANKEE NUCLEAR P OWER STATION Location: Haddam Neck, CT Operator/owner: Connecticut Yankee Atomic Electric Company License issued: 1967 Shutdown: 1996 Fuel Assemblies: Dry cask storage, 1,019. Below is a typical spent nuclear fuel storage pool at a Boiling Water Reactor, the same type of reactor used at plants in Vermont and Massachussetts. The pool illustration shows how nuclear fuel rods are packed within a storage pool. 7 MILLSTONE NUCLEAR 2 YANKEE ROWE NUCLEAR POWER STATION Location: Waterford, CT Operator/owner: Dominion Nuclear Connecticut POWER STATION Location: Rowe, MA Water 30 ft. above fuel rods NORMAL CONDITIONS: Owner: Yankee Atomic Electric Company License issued: 1963 Shutdown: 1991 Fuel Rods: Current assemblies, 624. • Fuel rods stored on racks with 45 ft. of cool water circulating around them. Type: Units 2 and 3, Pressurized Water Reactors Unit 1: Boiling Water Reactor Online: (see below) Unit 1: Online 1970, shutdown 1998 Unit 2: Dec. 1975 Unit 3: March 1986 License expiration: Unit 2: July 2035 Unit 3: Nov. 2045 РOL DETAIL ACTIVE: 3 VERMONT YANKEE MAINE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT Location: Vernon, VT Operator/owner: Energy Nuclear Generation Company Type: Boiling Water Reactor Fuel Rods (unit 2): Original license, 677. Currently holding, 909. Current license, 1,346. Fuel Rods (unit 3): Original license, 756. Currently holding, 1,040. Current license, 1,860. AUGUSTA Online: 1972 4 Fuel Rods: Original license, 600. Current assemblies, 2,935. 13 ft. tall fuel rods Spent fuel rod pool PORTLAND Reactor 4 MAINE YANKEE Location: Wiscasset, MA Online: 1972 vessel VERMONT PLYMOUTH 8 INDIAN POINT ENERGY CENTER NEW HAMPSHIRE Location: Buchanan, NY Operator/owner: Entergy Operations Type: Pressurized Water Reactor Online: (see below) Unit 1: Online 1962, shutdown 1974 Unit 2: Aug. 1975 Unit 3: Aug. 1976 License expiration: Unit 2: Sep. 2013 Unit 3: Dec. 2015 Shutdown: 1996 Fuel Rods: Dry cask storage, 1,434. CONCORD SPRINGFIELD 5 SEABROOK NUCLEAR POWER STATION Location: Seabrook, NH Operator/owner: FPL Energy Seabrook Inc. Type: Pressurized Water Reactor Online: 1990 3 BOSTON FUEL RODS MASSACHUSETTS ALBANY Fuel Rods: Original license, 1,236. Current assemblies, 936. Dry cask storage, 192. SPRINGFIELD OVERLOADING CONDITIONS: Fuel Rods: 2,073 spent fuel assemblies at two pools, or 903 metric tons, according to 2002 data compiled by the Department of Energy. NRC records show Unit 2 was licensed to handle 478 assemblies PROVIDENCE 6 PILGRIM NUCLEAR Rods in many pools are now nearly as close together as when • they were in the reactor itself. The reason they do not initiate fission and a chain reaction is the chemical Boron is added and the sides of the pools are coated with a material that inhibits fission. Boron limits a chain reaction and the water itself is a “moderator" that controls fission. So that's why they don't burn even though they are so close together. HARTFORD GENERATING STATION CONNECTICUT Location: Plymouth, MA Operator/owner: Energy Nuclear Generation Company Type: Boiling Water Reactor Online: 1972 e NEWPORT NEW YORK RHODE ISLAND BRIDGEPORT when it opened in 1975. Unit 3 began with a license for 264 assemblies in 1976 and increased to 840 in 1978. STAMFORD Fuel Rods: Original license, 880. Current assemblies, 2,918. Current license, 3,859. TIMOTHY GUZDA/STAFF GRAPHIC WITH CHICAGO TRIBUNE ART AND CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS MANHATTAN This project Is a collaboration between Hearst Connecticut Media Group and the New England Center for Investigative Reporting. DECOMMISSIONED: 1ONNECTICUT YANKEE NUCLEAR P OWER STATION Location: Haddam Neck, CT Operator/owner: Connecticut Yankee Atomic Electric Company License issued: 1967 Shutdown: 1996 Fuel Assemblies: Dry cask storage, 1,019. Below is a typical spent nuclear fuel storage pool at a Boiling Water Reactor, the same type of reactor used at plants in Vermont and Massachussetts. The pool illustration shows how nuclear fuel rods are packed within a storage pool. 7 MILLSTONE NUCLEAR 2 YANKEE ROWE NUCLEAR POWER STATION Location: Waterford, CT Operator/owner: Dominion Nuclear Connecticut POWER STATION Location: Rowe, MA Water 30 ft. above fuel rods NORMAL CONDITIONS: Owner: Yankee Atomic Electric Company License issued: 1963 Shutdown: 1991 Fuel Rods: Current assemblies, 624. • Fuel rods stored on racks with 45 ft. of cool water circulating around them. Type: Units 2 and 3, Pressurized Water Reactors Unit 1: Boiling Water Reactor Online: (see below) Unit 1: Online 1970, shutdown 1998 Unit 2: Dec. 1975 Unit 3: March 1986 License expiration: Unit 2: July 2035 Unit 3: Nov. 2045 РOL DETAIL ACTIVE: 3 VERMONT YANKEE MAINE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT Location: Vernon, VT Operator/owner: Energy Nuclear Generation Company Type: Boiling Water Reactor Fuel Rods (unit 2): Original license, 677. Currently holding, 909. Current license, 1,346. Fuel Rods (unit 3): Original license, 756. Currently holding, 1,040. Current license, 1,860. AUGUSTA Online: 1972 4 Fuel Rods: Original license, 600. Current assemblies, 2,935. 13 ft. tall fuel rods Spent fuel rod pool PORTLAND Reactor 4 MAINE YANKEE Location: Wiscasset, MA Online: 1972 vessel VERMONT PLYMOUTH 8 INDIAN POINT ENERGY CENTER NEW HAMPSHIRE Location: Buchanan, NY Operator/owner: Entergy Operations Type: Pressurized Water Reactor Online: (see below) Unit 1: Online 1962, shutdown 1974 Unit 2: Aug. 1975 Unit 3: Aug. 1976 License expiration: Unit 2: Sep. 2013 Unit 3: Dec. 2015 Shutdown: 1996 Fuel Rods: Dry cask storage, 1,434. CONCORD SPRINGFIELD 5 SEABROOK NUCLEAR POWER STATION Location: Seabrook, NH Operator/owner: FPL Energy Seabrook Inc. Type: Pressurized Water Reactor Online: 1990 3 BOSTON FUEL RODS MASSACHUSETTS ALBANY Fuel Rods: Original license, 1,236. Current assemblies, 936. Dry cask storage, 192. SPRINGFIELD OVERLOADING CONDITIONS: Fuel Rods: 2,073 spent fuel assemblies at two pools, or 903 metric tons, according to 2002 data compiled by the Department of Energy. NRC records show Unit 2 was licensed to handle 478 assemblies PROVIDENCE 6 PILGRIM NUCLEAR Rods in many pools are now nearly as close together as when • they were in the reactor itself. The reason they do not initiate fission and a chain reaction is the chemical Boron is added and the sides of the pools are coated with a material that inhibits fission. Boron limits a chain reaction and the water itself is a “moderator" that controls fission. So that's why they don't burn even though they are so close together. HARTFORD GENERATING STATION CONNECTICUT Location: Plymouth, MA Operator/owner: Energy Nuclear Generation Company Type: Boiling Water Reactor Online: 1972 e NEWPORT NEW YORK RHODE ISLAND BRIDGEPORT when it opened in 1975. Unit 3 began with a license for 264 assemblies in 1976 and increased to 840 in 1978. STAMFORD Fuel Rods: Original license, 880. Current assemblies, 2,918. Current license, 3,859. TIMOTHY GUZDA/STAFF GRAPHIC WITH CHICAGO TRIBUNE ART AND CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS MANHATTAN This project Is a collaboration between Hearst Connecticut Media Group and the New England Center for Investigative Reporting. DECOMMISSIONED: 1ONNECTICUT YANKEE NUCLEAR P OWER STATION Location: Haddam Neck, CT Operator/owner: Connecticut Yankee Atomic Electric Company License issued: 1967 Shutdown: 1996 Fuel Assemblies: Dry cask storage, 1,019. Below is a typical spent nuclear fuel storage pool at a Boiling Water Reactor, the same type of reactor used at plants in Vermont and Massachussetts. The pool illustration shows how nuclear fuel rods are packed within a storage pool. 7 MILLSTONE NUCLEAR 2 YANKEE ROWE NUCLEAR POWER STATION Location: Waterford, CT Operator/owner: Dominion Nuclear Connecticut POWER STATION Location: Rowe, MA Water 30 ft. above fuel rods NORMAL CONDITIONS: Owner: Yankee Atomic Electric Company License issued: 1963 Shutdown: 1991 Fuel Rods: Current assemblies, 624. • Fuel rods stored on racks with 45 ft. of cool water circulating around them. Type: Units 2 and 3, Pressurized Water Reactors Unit 1: Boiling Water Reactor Online: (see below) Unit 1: Online 1970, shutdown 1998 Unit 2: Dec. 1975 Unit 3: March 1986 License expiration: Unit 2: July 2035 Unit 3: Nov. 2045 РOL DETAIL ACTIVE: 3 VERMONT YANKEE MAINE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT Location: Vernon, VT Operator/owner: Energy Nuclear Generation Company Type: Boiling Water Reactor Fuel Rods (unit 2): Original license, 677. Currently holding, 909. Current license, 1,346. Fuel Rods (unit 3): Original license, 756. Currently holding, 1,040. Current license, 1,860. AUGUSTA Online: 1972 4 Fuel Rods: Original license, 600. Current assemblies, 2,935. 13 ft. tall fuel rods Spent fuel rod pool PORTLAND Reactor 4 MAINE YANKEE Location: Wiscasset, MA Online: 1972 vessel VERMONT PLYMOUTH 8 INDIAN POINT ENERGY CENTER NEW HAMPSHIRE Location: Buchanan, NY Operator/owner: Entergy Operations Type: Pressurized Water Reactor Online: (see below) Unit 1: Online 1962, shutdown 1974 Unit 2: Aug. 1975 Unit 3: Aug. 1976 License expiration: Unit 2: Sep. 2013 Unit 3: Dec. 2015 Shutdown: 1996 Fuel Rods: Dry cask storage, 1,434. CONCORD SPRINGFIELD 5 SEABROOK NUCLEAR POWER STATION Location: Seabrook, NH Operator/owner: FPL Energy Seabrook Inc. Type: Pressurized Water Reactor Online: 1990 3 BOSTON FUEL RODS MASSACHUSETTS ALBANY Fuel Rods: Original license, 1,236. Current assemblies, 936. Dry cask storage, 192. SPRINGFIELD OVERLOADING CONDITIONS: Fuel Rods: 2,073 spent fuel assemblies at two pools, or 903 metric tons, according to 2002 data compiled by the Department of Energy. NRC records show Unit 2 was licensed to handle 478 assemblies PROVIDENCE 6 PILGRIM NUCLEAR Rods in many pools are now nearly as close together as when • they were in the reactor itself. The reason they do not initiate fission and a chain reaction is the chemical Boron is added and the sides of the pools are coated with a material that inhibits fission. Boron limits a chain reaction and the water itself is a “moderator" that controls fission. So that's why they don't burn even though they are so close together. HARTFORD GENERATING STATION CONNECTICUT Location: Plymouth, MA Operator/owner: Energy Nuclear Generation Company Type: Boiling Water Reactor Online: 1972 e NEWPORT NEW YORK RHODE ISLAND BRIDGEPORT when it opened in 1975. Unit 3 began with a license for 264 assemblies in 1976 and increased to 840 in 1978. STAMFORD Fuel Rods: Original license, 880. Current assemblies, 2,918. Current license, 3,859. TIMOTHY GUZDA/STAFF GRAPHIC WITH CHICAGO TRIBUNE ART AND CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS MANHATTAN This project Is a collaboration between Hearst Connecticut Media Group and the New England Center for Investigative Reporting. DECOMMISSIONED: 1ONNECTICUT YANKEE NUCLEAR P OWER STATION Location: Haddam Neck, CT Operator/owner: Connecticut Yankee Atomic Electric Company License issued: 1967 Shutdown: 1996 Fuel Assemblies: Dry cask storage, 1,019. Below is a typical spent nuclear fuel storage pool at a Boiling Water Reactor, the same type of reactor used at plants in Vermont and Massachussetts. The pool illustration shows how nuclear fuel rods are packed within a storage pool. 7 MILLSTONE NUCLEAR 2 YANKEE ROWE NUCLEAR POWER STATION Location: Waterford, CT Operator/owner: Dominion Nuclear Connecticut POWER STATION Location: Rowe, MA Water 30 ft. above fuel rods NORMAL CONDITIONS: Owner: Yankee Atomic Electric Company License issued: 1963 Shutdown: 1991 Fuel Rods: Current assemblies, 624. • Fuel rods stored on racks with 45 ft. of cool water circulating around them. Type: Units 2 and 3, Pressurized Water Reactors Unit 1: Boiling Water Reactor Online: (see below) Unit 1: Online 1970, shutdown 1998 Unit 2: Dec. 1975 Unit 3: March 1986 License expiration: Unit 2: July 2035 Unit 3: Nov. 2045 РOL DETAIL ACTIVE: 3 VERMONT YANKEE MAINE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT Location: Vernon, VT Operator/owner: Energy Nuclear Generation Company Type: Boiling Water Reactor Fuel Rods (unit 2): Original license, 677. Currently holding, 909. Current license, 1,346. Fuel Rods (unit 3): Original license, 756. Currently holding, 1,040. Current license, 1,860. AUGUSTA Online: 1972 4 Fuel Rods: Original license, 600. Current assemblies, 2,935. 13 ft. tall fuel rods Spent fuel rod pool PORTLAND Reactor 4 MAINE YANKEE Location: Wiscasset, MA Online: 1972 vessel VERMONT PLYMOUTH 8 INDIAN POINT ENERGY CENTER NEW HAMPSHIRE Location: Buchanan, NY Operator/owner: Entergy Operations Type: Pressurized Water Reactor Online: (see below) Unit 1: Online 1962, shutdown 1974 Unit 2: Aug. 1975 Unit 3: Aug. 1976 License expiration: Unit 2: Sep. 2013 Unit 3: Dec. 2015 Shutdown: 1996 Fuel Rods: Dry cask storage, 1,434. CONCORD SPRINGFIELD 5 SEABROOK NUCLEAR POWER STATION Location: Seabrook, NH Operator/owner: FPL Energy Seabrook Inc. Type: Pressurized Water Reactor Online: 1990 3 BOSTON FUEL RODS MASSACHUSETTS ALBANY Fuel Rods: Original license, 1,236. Current assemblies, 936. Dry cask storage, 192. SPRINGFIELD OVERLOADING CONDITIONS: Fuel Rods: 2,073 spent fuel assemblies at two pools, or 903 metric tons, according to 2002 data compiled by the Department of Energy. NRC records show Unit 2 was licensed to handle 478 assemblies PROVIDENCE 6 PILGRIM NUCLEAR Rods in many pools are now nearly as close together as when • they were in the reactor itself. The reason they do not initiate fission and a chain reaction is the chemical Boron is added and the sides of the pools are coated with a material that inhibits fission. Boron limits a chain reaction and the water itself is a “moderator" that controls fission. So that's why they don't burn even though they are so close together. HARTFORD GENERATING STATION CONNECTICUT Location: Plymouth, MA Operator/owner: Energy Nuclear Generation Company Type: Boiling Water Reactor Online: 1972 e NEWPORT NEW YORK RHODE ISLAND BRIDGEPORT when it opened in 1975. Unit 3 began with a license for 264 assemblies in 1976 and increased to 840 in 1978. STAMFORD Fuel Rods: Original license, 880. Current assemblies, 2,918. Current license, 3,859. TIMOTHY GUZDA/STAFF GRAPHIC WITH CHICAGO TRIBUNE ART AND CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS MANHATTAN This project Is a collaboration between Hearst Connecticut Media Group and the New England Center for Investigative Reporting.