Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant

Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant
Plant as seen from visitors section looking towards Unit 1 and the steam turbine building.
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 / 41.97556; -86.56528
Status	Operational
Construction began	March 25, 1969 (1969-03-25)
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
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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.