Donald C. Cook Nuclear Generating Station
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Donald C. Cook Nuclear Generating Station is a nuclear power plant located in the town of Bridgman, Michigan which is part of Berrien County, on a 650 acre (2.6 km²) site near St. Joseph, Michigan, USA. The plant is owned by American Electric Power (AEP) and operated by Indiana Michigan Power, an AEP subsidiary. This is currently the company's only nuclear power plant, which has two nuclear reactors.
Built at a cost of $1.3 billion, the plant produces enough electricity to meet the needs of a city 1.25 million people.
The plant is connected to the power grid via one 765KV line that goes from the plant to a substation near Fort Wayne, Indiana and by numerous 345KV lines, two of which interconnect with Consumers Energy/METC, connecting with the Palisades Nuclear Generating Station, owned by Entergy.
| Unit 1 | Unit 2 | |
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| Reactor Type | Pressurized Water | Pressurized Water |
| Reactor Manufacturer | Westinghouse | Westinghouse |
| Turbine Manufacturer | General Electric | Brown Boveri |
| Generation Capacity | 1,020 megawatts | 1,090 megawatts |
| Transmission System Connection | 345,000 volts | 765,000 volts |
| Construction Began | March 1, 1969 | March 1, 1969 |
| Grid connection | February 10, 1975 | March 22, 1978 |
| Operational Date | August 27, 1975 | July 1, 1978 |
| Expiration of Original License | October 25, 2014 | December 23, 2017 |
| Expiration of Renewed License | 2034 | 2037 |
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[edit] License expiration and renewal
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission renewed the operating licenses of both reactors on August 30, 2005. With the renewal, Unit One's operating license will expire in 2034 while Unit Two's will expire in 2037. [1] The units were initially licensed for forty years from their operational date.
[edit] Visitors center
The plant has a visitors center that was open to the public six days a week on a drop in basis. Since the attacks of September 11, however, the plant is open only to school groups by reservation. The visitors center features a 26 foot animated model demonstrating how the plant operates.
[edit] Photographs
 Unit 1 is on the left as viewed from the Lake Michigan shoreline. |
 Exterior of the Donald C. Cook Nuclear Generating Station. |
 Interior of the turbine building at the Donald C. Cook Nuclear Generating Station. |
[edit] External links
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