Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant | |
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Country | United States |
Location | Lake Township, Berrien County, near Bridgman, Michigan |
Coordinates | 41°58′32″N 86°33′55″W / 41.97556°N 86.56528°W |
Status | Operational |
Construction began | March 25, 1969 |
Commission date | Unit 1: August 28, 1975 Unit 2: July 1, 1978 |
Construction cost | $3.352 billion (2007 USD)[1] |
Owner(s) | American Electric Power |
Operator(s) | Indiana Michigan Power |
Nuclear power station | |
Reactor type | PWR |
Reactor supplier | Westinghouse |
Cooling source | Lake Michigan |
Thermal capacity | 1 × 3304 MWth 1 × 3468 MWth |
Power generation | |
Units operational | 1 × 1045 MW 1 × 1168 MW |
Make and model | WH 4-loop (ICECDN) |
Nameplate capacity | 2213 MW |
Capacity factor | 90.75% (2017) 69.90% (lifetime) |
Annual net output | 17,953 GWh (2021) |
External links | |
Website | Cook Nuclear Plant (plant website) Cook Nuclear Plant (IMP page) |
Commons | Related media on Commons |
Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant is a nuclear power plant located just north of the city of Bridgman, Michigan which is part of Berrien County, on a 650-acre (260 ha) site 11 miles south of St. Joseph, Michigan, United States. The plant is owned by American Electric Power (AEP) and operated by Indiana Michigan Power, an AEP subsidiary. It has two nuclear reactors and is currently the company's only nuclear power plant.
The construction cost of the power plant was $3.352 billion (2007 USD).[2] The plant is capable of producing 2.2 GW of electricity, enough to meet the needs of a city with 1.25 million people. Actual production averages about 1.6 GW
The plant is connected to the power grid via one 765 kV line that goes from the plant to AEP's DuMont substation near Lakeville, Indiana and by numerous 345 kV lines, two of which interconnect with METC, connecting with the Palisades Nuclear Generating Station, owned by Entergy.