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| Kewaunee Power Station | |
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 Kewaunee Power Station | |
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| Country | United States |
| Location | Town of Carlton, Kewaunee County, near Kewaunee, Wisconsin |
| Coordinates | 44°20′32″N 87°32′10″W / 44.34222°N 87.53611°W |
| Status | Decommissioned |
| Construction began | August 6, 1968 |
| Commission date | June 16, 1974 |
| Decommission date | May 7, 2013 |
| Construction cost | $776.15 million (2007 USD)[1] ($1.1 billion in 2023 dollars[2]) |
| Owner | Dominion Generation |
| Operator | Dominion Generation |
| Nuclear power station | |
| Reactor type | PWR |
| Reactor supplier | Westinghouse |
| Cooling source | Lake Michigan |
| Power generation | |
| Make and model | WH 2-loop (DRYAMB) |
| Units decommissioned | 1 × 566 MW (1772 MWth) |
| Nameplate capacity |
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| Capacity factor | 84.0% (lifetime) |
| Annual net output | 3,752 GW·h (lifetime average) |
| External links | |
| Website | Kewaunee Power Station |
| Commons | Related media on Commons |
The Kewaunee Power Station is a decommissioned nuclear power plant, located on a 900 acres (360 ha) plot in the town of Carlton, Wisconsin, 27 miles (43 km) southeast of Green Bay, Wisconsin in Kewaunee County, and south of the city of Kewaunee.
KPS was the third nuclear power plant built in Wisconsin, and the 44th built in the United States. Due to falling electricity prices resulting from the falling price of natural gas, the plant ceased operation May 7, 2013.[3]
In 2022, a sale of the plant was approved by the federal government.[4] This was controversial because the sale affects what will be done with the trust money previously saved for the decommissioning, and who is responsible for any cost overruns.[5] Although all fuel had already been placed in dry storage as of 2017, as of 2022 some radioactive waste still needed to be disposed of and the facility had not been dismantled.[4]
- ^ "EIA - State Nuclear Profiles". www.eia.gov. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
- ^ Johnston, Louis; Williamson, Samuel H. (2023). "What Was the U.S. GDP Then?". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved November 30, 2023. United States Gross Domestic Product deflator figures follow the MeasuringWorth series.
- ^ Matthew L. Wald (May 7, 2013). "As Price of Nuclear Energy Drops, a Wisconsin Plant Is Shut". The New York Times. Retrieved May 8, 2013.
- ^ a b Sale of former Kewaunee nuclear plant approved by Brian Kerhin, Fox 11 News, March 31, 2022
- ^ Brief for Docket No 9812-EI-100, March 18, 2022, pages 1–2