Erie Nuclear Power Plant

The Erie Nuclear Power Plant was a proposed nuclear power plant to be located 9 miles (14 km) southeast of Sandusky, Ohio.[1][2] It was proposed in 1976 by Ohio Edison (a forerunner of FirstEnergy) for the Central Area Power Coordination (CAPCO). The plant was to consist of two Babcock & Wilcox 1,267 megawatt reactors.[3] Unit 1 was scheduled to be complete in 1986, Unit 2 in 1988.[4] Preliminary work was canceled in 1980 due to new federal requirements placed on nuclear plants that make their construction more expensive and by a drop in anticipated customer energy demand.[4][5]

  1. ^ "Erie Power Plant Opposed". Ludington Daily News. Associated Press. October 27, 1977. Retrieved December 1, 2014.
  2. ^ Hosterman, John W; Witlow, Sallie I (1983). "Clay Mineralogy of Devonian Shales in the Appalachian Basin". U.S. Geological Survey professional paper (196–198). United States Printing Office: 33. Retrieved December 1, 2014. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ Nuclear Power Generation and Fuel Cycle Report 1997 Archived October 9, 2009, at the Wayback Machine p. 63.
  4. ^ a b Michael Woods (January 22, 1980). "Future Of 4 Proposed Ohio A-Plants In Doubt". Toledo Blade. Retrieved December 1, 2014.
  5. ^ "Two Pennsylvania Utilities Get OK To Recover Losses". Toledo Blade. Associated Press. January 8, 1983. Retrieved December 1, 2014.