Document Details
Title:
FIRST ELECTRICITY GENERATING PLANT TO BE BUILT UNDER THE COMMISSION'S POWER DEMONSTRATION REACTOR PROGRAM
Author(s):
UNK, [WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY-POWER SYSTEMS]
Document Location:
Location - DOE/NNSA NUCLEAR TESTING ARCHIVE Address - P.O. Box 98521 City - Las Vegas State - NV Zip - 89193-8521 Phone - (702)794-5106 Fax - (702)862-4240 Email - NTA@NV.DOE.GOV
Document Type:
OTHER
Document Type Other:
AUDIOVISUAL MATERIAL
Publication Date:
1962 Dec 31
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0002
Accession Number:
NV0096959
Document Number(s):
AEC626497
Originating Research Org.:
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY-POWER SYSTEMS
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 27
OpenNet Modified Date:
2003 Sep 18
Description/Abstract:
ROWE, MASS...FIRST ELECTRICITY GENERATING PLANT TO BE BUILT UNDER THE COMMISSIONS POWER DEMONSTRATION REACTOR PROGRAM (PDRP) THE YANKEE ATOM IC ELECTRIC COMPANY FACILITY AT ROWE, MASS., SURPASSED DESIGN EXPECTA TIONS DURING ITS FIRST YEAR OF OPERATION. CONSTRUCTED AS A 110,000 EL ECTRICAL KILOWATT GENERATING STATION, THE WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPOR ATION-BUILT PRESSURIZED WATER REACTOR IS PRODUCING ENOUGH HEAT TO GEN ERATE 141,000 EKW. COMPANY OFFICIALS ARE ALSO PREDICTING THE PRODUCTI ON OF POWER AT A LOWER MILLS PER KILOWATT HOUR COST THAN WAS ANTICIPAT ED. THE PLANT IS LOCATED ON THE DEERFIELD RIVER (FOREGROUND) IN NORTH WESTERN MASS.