Donald Cook Nuclear Power Plant

Donald Cook Nuclear Power Plant
The power plant from the air
location
Coordinates	41 ° 58 ′ 31 ″  N , 86 ° 33 ′ 57 ″  W Coordinates: 41 ° 58 ′ 31 ″  N , 86 ° 33 ′ 57 ″  W
Country:	United States
Data
Owner:	American Electric Power
Operator:	American Electric Power
Project start:	1967
Commercial operation:	Aug 28, 1975
Active reactors (gross):	2 (2210 MW)
Energy fed in since commissioning:	337,485 GWh
Was standing:	March 18, 2008
The data source of the respective entries can be found in the documentation .

The nuclear power plant Donald (C.) Cook ( english Donald (C.) Cook Nuclear Power Plant ) with two Westinghouse - pressurized water reactors located on the shores of Lake Michigan between Bridgman and Stevensville in the State of Michigan , about 90 kilometers from Chicago removed.

history

Construction of the power station began on March 25, 1969 and is operated by American Electric Power .

Block 1

Block 1 is a Westinghouse pressurized water reactor. The reactor has a net electrical output of 1016 megawatts and a gross output of 1077 MW and was commissioned on February 10, 1975.

Block 2

Block 2 is also a Westinghouse pressurized water reactor. The reactor has a net electrical output of 1077 megawatts and a gross output of 1133 MW and was commissioned on March 22, 1978.

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  Donald Cook Nuclear Power Plant during construction

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  Turbine hall of the nuclear power plant

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  Donald Cook Nuclear Power Plant

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  The nuclear power plant in 1993

Data of the reactor blocks

The Donald Cook nuclear power plant has two blocks :

Reactor block	Reactor type	net power	gross power	start of building	Network synchronization	Commercialization of essential operation	switching off processing
Donald Cook-1	Pressurized water reactor	1016 MW	1077 MW	03/25/1969	02/10/1975	08/28/1975	(Planned for 2034)
Donald Cook-2	Pressurized water reactor	1077 MW	1133 MW	03/25/1969	March 22, 1978	07/01/1978	(Planned for 2037)

swell

1. ↑ Power Reactor Information System of the IAEA : "United States of America: Nuclear Power Reactors - Alphabetic" (English)

See also

• List of nuclear power plants