Satsop nuclear power plant

Satsop nuclear power plant
Satsop nuclear power plant
location
Coordinates	46 ° 57 '38 "  N , 123 ° 28' 1"  W Coordinates: 46 ° 57 '38 "  N , 123 ° 28' 1"  W
Country:	United States
Data
Owner:	Washington Public Power Supply System (WPPSS)
Operator:	Washington Public Power Supply System (WPPSS)
Project start:	1974
Planning finished:	1983
Construction discontinued (gross):	2 (2640 MW)
Was standing:	June 23, 2008
The data source of the respective entries can be found in the documentation .

The nuclear power plant Satsop ( English Satsop Nuclear Power Plant ) should near Elma in Grays Harbor County in the State of Washington arise, it is named after the Indian tribe Satsop The construction, however, was set by financial problems. The power plant is located in the Satsop Development Park .

history

Interior shot (360 ° × 180 °) of an unfinished cooling tower of the power plant

The two reactor buildings

The two cooling towers of the power plant

The Satsop CT project has been planned in this form since 1974 as part of a Washington Public Power Supply System (WPPSS) project. A total budget of $ 24 billion was estimated. WPPSS 'plan was to build reactors 1, 2 and 4 in Hanford and reactors 3 and 5 in Satsop.

Construction of the reactors in Satsop began on April 1, 1977. It was 70% WPPSS 'own project, with the remaining 30% being the energy companies Pacific Power & Light, Portland General Electric, Puget Sound Power & Light and Washington Water Power involved. In 1980, due to new regulations, a new site manager was hired for the project. As a result, some tests had to be carried out at the locations, among other things, which led to unnecessary expenses.

In 1982, however, the new regulations turned out to be quite effective. The construction speed of the reactors doubled, so that every month instead of just 1% per block, 2% had been completed, which enormously shortened the construction time. As a result, the WNP-3 project, Block 3 in Satsop, in particular, became a model system for WPPSS. Around a quarter of the facility has already been completed since construction began in 1977. But the financial situation worsened in 1983. Therefore, only two options were open: either to stop the construction, or to stop the project completely. In July 1983 it was decided to delay the construction of the plant for a maximum of three years until WPPSS had a sum of 961 million dollars available for further construction. At this point in time, the nuclear power plant was 85% complete.

During the construction stop, some of the components were packed up, the turbines were rotated twice a month and the steam generators were regularly cleaned with a gas so that there was no corrosion and construction could be resumed at any time. Since the construction was still delayed after the three years, the decision was made to discontinue the project in April 1993. On May 13, 1994 a resolution to discontinue the project was passed.

In March 1995, WPPSS submitted an amendment to the plan. On June 12, 1995, the request was granted. However, this plan is only intended to preserve the construction sites so that no toxins can escape or other long-term environmental damage can occur. On June 25, 1998, WPPSS submitted an application to end the construction of the reactors and prefer to build a gas turbine (Satsop Combustion Turbine Project). After surveys were conducted in the area and a letter from the Governor of Washington state refused to build a gas turbine, the building application and licenses for the nuclear power plant were finally canceled and activities at the construction site ceased.

Today only the ruins of the nuclear power plant and two 146 m high cooling towers of the two reactors remain on the construction site . The nuclear power plant is now located in the Satsop Development Park , which was founded in 1995. The construction of WNP-1 and WNP-4 in Hanford was also discontinued, the ruins of WNP-1 and WNP-4 still stand today. WNP-2 was the only reactor in the project to be completed as the Columbia nuclear power plant .

Data of the reactor blocks

Reactor block	Reactor type	net power	gross power	start of building	Project setting
WPPSS-3	Pressurized water reactor	1,240 MW	1,324 MW	April 1, 1977	January 1, 1983
WPPSS-5	Pressurized water reactor	1,240 MW	1,316 MW	April 1, 1977	January 1, 1982

See also

• List of nuclear power plants
• Unfinished structures

Web links

Commons : WNP-3 and WNP-5  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Satsop Development Park - W. Washington Award Winning Business Park (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Satsop Nuclear Plants ( Memento of the original from May 19, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) 
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Satsop (WNP-3 & WNP-5) ( Memento of the original from December 1, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) 
3. ↑ The WPPSS 3 nuclear power plant in the PRIS of the IAEA ( Memento from June 4, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
4. ↑ The WPPSS 5 nuclear power plant in the PRIS of the IAEA ( Memento from June 4, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (English)