Seabrook Station Nuclear Power Plant
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Seabrook Station (2009)
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 Location of the Seabrook Station Nuclear Power Plant in New Hampshire
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| Country | United States |
| Location | Seabrook, New Hampshire |
| Coordinates | 42°53′56″N 70°51′03″W / 42.89889°N 70.85083°WCoordinates: 42°53′56″N 70°51′03″W / 42.89889°N 70.85083°W |
| Status | Operational |
| Commission date | March 15, 1990 |
| Owner(s) | NextEra Energy Resources |
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| Reactor type | PWR |
| Reactor supplier | Westinghouse |
| Cooling source | North Atlantic Ocean |
| Cooling towers | no |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 1 X 1,194 MW |
| Make and model | General Electric |
| Nameplate capacity | 1244 MW |
| Annual gross output | 10,763 GWh |
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Website www.fpl.com |
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The Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant, more commonly known as Seabrook Station, is a nuclear power plant located in Seabrook, New Hampshire, United States, approximately 40 miles (64 km) north of Boston and 10 miles (16 km) south of Portsmouth. Two units (reactors) were planned, but the second unit was never completed due to construction delays, cost overruns and troubles obtaining financing. The construction permit for the plant was granted in 1976, and construction on Unit 1 was completed in 1986. Full power operation of Unit 1 began in 1990. Unit 2 has been canceled and most of its major components sold to other plants. With its 1,244-megawatt electrical output, Seabrook Unit 1 is the largest individual electrical generating unit on the New England power grid. It is the second largest nuclear plant in New England after the two-unit Millstone Nuclear Power Plant in Connecticut.
The construction of Seabrook Station was completed ten years later than expected, with a cost approaching $7 billion. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) described its own regulatory oversight of Seabrook as "a paradigm of fragmented and uncoordinated government decision making," and "a system strangling itself and the economy in red tape." The large debt involved led to the bankruptcy of Seabrook's major utility owner, Public Service Company of New Hampshire. At the time, this was the fourth largest bankruptcy in United States corporate history.
The plant was originally owned by more than 10 separate utility companies serving five New England states. In 2002, most sold their shares to FPL Energy (a subsidiary of FPL Group), later known as NextEra Energy Resources. NextEra Energy now owns 88.2% of Seabrook Station. The remaining portion is owned by municipal utilities in Massachusetts.
The station is one of five nuclear generating facilities operated by FPL Group. The other four are St. Lucie Nuclear Power Plant and Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Station operated by sister company Florida Power & Light (a regulated utility), and the Duane Arnold Energy Center and Point Beach Nuclear Generating Station operated by NextEra.
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