Point Beach Nuclear Plant
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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 gross output | 7,767 GWh |
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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 Westinghouse pressurized water reactors. There is also a visitors' center located at the Point Beach plant.
In 2005, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) approved the license renewal application for the Point Beach plant, extending the operating license from forty years to sixty.
Most of the power from this plant goes to the Green Bay area and communities along the Lake Michigan shoreline of Southeastern Wisconsin. The plant is connected to the grid by four 345 kV lines, one of which travels northwest towards Green Bay and then on to the We Energies North Appleton substation located about 12 miles north of Appleton, Wisconsin, and the other one interconnecting with the now-closedKewaunee Nuclear Generating Station located a short distance away to the north from Point Beach. The other 345 kV lines going out of the plant go south towards Milwaukee. Several 138 kV lines going out of the plant supply electricity to the surrounding area.
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