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 | Nuclear Energy Institute 
- Excellent source of information about the nuclear industry,
including details of nuclear plant security in this era of concern
about terrorism.
| The Virtual Nuclear
Tourist - A huge site
(over 300 pages) with extensive photos and information about the
nuclear industry around the world. Provides a good introduction for
all age levels to learn about the many different types of nuclear
power.
| Alvin
W. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant - Information about Plant
Vogtle, located near Waynesboro in eastern Georgia near the South
Carolina border.
| Big
Rock Point - Facts about the decommissioning of Consumers
Energy's Big Rock Point nuclear plant which was shut down in 1997.
The plant is located near Charlevoix, Michigan.
| Calvert Cliffs Nuclear
Power Plant - Baltimore Gas & Electric's Calvert Cliffs
Nuclear Power Plant is located on Chesapeake Bay in Calvert County,
Maryland. The web site features general plant information plus a
look at the plant's license renewal activity.
| Comanche
Peak - A 2,300 megawatt nuclear plant located near Glen Rose,
Texas, about 80 miles southwest of Dallas.
| Connecticut Yankee -
Connecticut's first commercial nuclear power plant, it was shut down
in 1996 and is now undergoing decomissioning.
| Cooper Nuclear
Station - A few key facts about the Cooper Nuclear Station which
is located in Brownville, Nebraska.
| Diablo Canyon -
Official company site about this 2,190 megawatt PWR nuclear facility
on California's central coast.
| Diablo
Canyon nuclear power plant - Pictures of Pacific Gas &
Electric Company's Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant located near
San Luis Obispo, California. Unofficial site not sponsored by
PG&E, featuring plant photos taken by a DCPP employee.
| Edwin
I. Hatch Nuclear Plant - Located near Baxley in southeastern
Georgia, plant Hatch is one of Georgia Power's two nuclear
facilities and is one of three nuclear facilities in the Southern
electric system.
| Energy Northwest's
Columbia Generating Station - Information about Washington
state's only operating commercial nuclear power plant.
| Entergy Nuclear -
Entergy operates nine nuclear units at seven plant sites: Arkansas
Nuclear One, Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, River Bend Station,
Waterford 3, Pilgrim Nuclear Station, Indian Point Units 2 & 3,
and the James A. Fitzpatrick nuclear station.
| FPL
Nuclear Power - General information about nuclear power, plus an
introduction to Florida Power & Light's nuclear units at Turkey
Point and St. Lucie.
| How Stuff
Works: Nuclear Power Plants - Illustrated tutorial about
nuclear-powered electricity generation plants, with photos and
animations.
| Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant -
The Ignalina nuclear power plant contains RBMK-1500 water-cooled
graphite-moderated channel-type power reactors. It is located in
Lithuania.
| Joseph
M. Farley Nuclear Plant - Plant Farley is a 2-unit Westinghouse
PWR facility which has been operating since 1977. The plant site is
near Dothan in southeast Alabama.
| Lucas Heights: The
Real Facts - Contains arguments for and against the Lucas
Heights nuclear reactor located in Sydney, Australia.
| Maine Yankee - Maine
Yankee, Maine's only nuclear power plant, closed in 1997 and is now
beginning the process of decommissioning. It is located on Montsweag
Bay in Wiscasset, Maine.
| NPCIL - Nuclear Power
Corporation of India Limited is an undertaking of the Government of
India with the objective of facilitating the design, construction,
operation and maintenance of atomic power stations.
| Nuclear Power
Plant Demonstration - Interactive online demonstration: Play the
role of a control-room operator at Sweden's Kärnobyl nuclear power
plant, and try to keep the reactor running safely under various
failure scenarios.
| Palisades
Nuclear Plant - An introduction to Consumers Energy's Palisades
nuclear power plant, located near South Haven on the Lake Michigan
shoreline.
| Palo Verde -
Unofficial page regarding Arizona's Palo Verde nuclear generating
station, written by a plant employee.
| San Onofre Nuclear Generating
Station - San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) provides
nearly 20 percent of the power to more than 15 million people in
Southern California.
| Seabrook
Nuclear Power Station - The history of Northeast Utilities'
Seabrook station, a 1,150-megawatt Westinghouse PWR located in
southeastern New Hampshire.
| South Texas Project - A
two-unit, 2,500 megawatt nuclear energy plant in Matagorda County,
Texas. The web site features a virtual tour of the plant, plus
extensive information about the facility.
| U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- This site has been considerably scaled back due to security
concerns following the terrorist attacks of 9/11/01
| Vermont Yankee Nuclear
Power Corporation - Vermont Yankee is an electric power
generation company which owns and operates a 540 megawatt nuclear
powered generating station located in Vernon, Vermont.
| Waterford
3 Virtual Tour - An iPIX virtual tour of the Waterford 3 nuclear
plant, located in Taft, Louisiana. Built in 1985, Waterford 3 has
the capacity to generate 1,075 Megawatts of electricity... enough to
power the city of New Orleans (which is 30 miles from the plant).
| Wolf Creek Generating Station
- Official web site of this Westinghouse four-loop PWR located near
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Nuclear Power Plants in
the United States
The following links provide information about each of the nuclear
plants in the United States. Pages linked were specially developed
with photos of the facility. In other cases, utility pages are linked
where useful information is provided. US nuclear plant addresses and
company sites are given on the Address
page. USNRC
imagemap showing plant locations.
NOTE-Pages to utility sites on this page are in process of being
updated. The address page has updated links. NRC
Plant Information Books index.
| Region I -
Eastern US
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Region II -
Southeastern US
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| Region III-
Midwest US
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Region IV-
South and West US
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