Clinton Nuclear Generating Station

Clinton Nuclear Generating Station

The Clinton nuclear power station is a General Electric boiling water reactor located near Clinton, Illinois, USA. It is on a 14,300 acres (57.9 km²) site with an adjacent 5,000 acres (20.2 km²)cooling reservoir, Clinton Lake. Due to inflation and cost overruns, Clinton's final construction cost exceeded $4 billion, leading the plant to produce some of the most expensive power in the Midwest. The power station began service on April 24, 1987 and is currently capable of generating 1,043 MW. After more than a decade of operation the plant's original owner, Illinois Power, deduced that it was not economical to own and operate only one nuclear generating station. They subsequently sold Clinton Generating Station to Exelon Corporation for a more modest price of $40 million, with the purchase including the fuel in the reactor vessel and responsibility of all the radioactive waste in the spent fuel storage pool. The reactor design is of the type called the Generation III reactor. The present reactor operating license was issued April 17, 1987, and will expire September 29, 2026. The Operator and Owner is the AmerGen Energy Company, now a subsidiary of the Exelon Corporation.

In September 2003, Exelon submitted an Early Site Permit to place a second reactor at the Clinton site - this was approved March 8, 2007.[1] The Early Site Permit does not actually grant any type of license to begin building a second reactor, although it offers the operator an avenue to begin the approval process leading to construction and operation of an additional power reactor at the site.

[edit] References

• Exelon | Clinton Power Station

[edit] External links

AmerGen sign.

• DOE Page
• Exelon page on CNGS

• Clinton Nuclear Generating Station is at coordinates 40°10′18″N 88°49′56″W / 40.171766, -88.832102 (Clinton Nuclear Generating Station)Coordinates: 40°10′18″N 88°49′56″W / 40.171766, -88.832102 (Clinton Nuclear Generating Station)