Point Beach Nuclear Generating Station
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Point Beach Nuclear Plant
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 Location of Point Beach Nuclear Plant in Wisconsin
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| Country | United States |
| Location | Town of Two Creeks, Manitowoc County, near Two Rivers, Wisconsin |
| Coordinates | 44°16′52″N 87°32′12″W / 44.28111°N 87.53667°WCoordinates: 44°16′52″N 87°32′12″W / 44.28111°N 87.53667°W |
| Status | Operational |
| Commission date | Unit 1: December 21, 1970 Unit 2: October 1, 1972 |
| Construction cost | US$589.1M (2007 prices) |
| Owner(s) | NextEra Energy Resources |
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| Reactor type | PWR |
| Reactor supplier | Westinghouse |
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| Units operational | Unit 1: 620 MW, Unit 2: 620 MW |
| Nameplate capacity | 1,026 MW |
| Capacity factor | 86.4% |
| Annual output | 7,767 GWh |
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Website Point Beach Nuclear Plant |
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Point Beach Nuclear Plant is a nuclear power plant located on Lake Michigan north of Two Rivers, Wisconsin, USA.
The plant is currently owned and operated by NextEra Energy Resources (prior to 2009 - FPL Energy), of Juno Beach, Florida. The plant was built by Wisconsin Electric Power Company (now We Energies, a subsidiary of Wisconsin Energy Corporation), and previously operated by the Nuclear Management Company.
NextEra Energy Resources purchased the plant from Wisconsin Electric Power Company in October 2007. As part of the sale, We Energies agreed to repurchase all of the power produced by the plant for at least 20 years. In 2000–2007 the plant was managed by the Nuclear Management Company.
This plant has two, two-loop Westinghouse pressurized water reactors. There is also a visitors' center located at the Point Beach plant. The original letter of intent to purchase a single 454 megawatt (MW) nuclear unit from Westinghouse Electric for a fixed-price was issued by Wisconsin Electric and Wisconsin Michigan Power Company (a Wisconsin Electric subsidiary) on December 30, 1965. The right was reserved to order a second, duplicate unit under the same terms. In May, 1966, the announcement was made that the plant would be built on a 1,200 acre site in the two of Two Creeks.
On November 28, 1966, following Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSCW) endorsement and a brief public hearing, Alfred Gruhl, Glenn Reed, and Sol Burstein turned the first symbolic spades of dirt for the official ground-breaking. In May, 1967, the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), predecessor to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), issued the official construction permit (number 32) for Point Beach Unit 1. The Unit 2 construction permit (number 47) was issued approximately a year later.
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