Maine Yankee Nuclear Power Plant
| Maine Yankee Nuclear Power Plant | |
|---|---|
Maine Yankee nuclear power plant | |
| Country | United States |
| Location | Wiscasset, Lincoln County, Maine |
| Coordinates | 43°57′2″N 69°41′45″W / 43.95056°N 69.69583°W |
| Status | Decommissioned |
| Construction began | October 1, 1968 |
| Commission date | December 28, 1972 |
| Decommission date | August 1, 1997 |
| Construction cost | $231 million (1972 USD) |
| Operator | Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company |
| Nuclear power station | |
| Reactor type | PWR |
| Reactor supplier | Combustion Engineering Asea Brown Boveri |
| Cooling source | Back River |
| Thermal capacity | 1 × 2630 MWth (decommissioned) |
| Power generation | |
| Make and model | CE/ABB 3-loop design |
| Units decommissioned | 1 × 860 MW |
| Capacity factor | 68.2% (lifetime) |
| External links | |
| Website | Maine Yankee |
| Commons | Related media on Commons |
Maine Yankee Nuclear Power Plant was a nuclear power plant built at an 820-acre site on Bailey Peninsula of Wiscasset, Maine, in the United States. It operated from 1972 until 1996, when problems at the plant became too expensive to fix. It was decommissioned and dismantled between 1997 and 2005, though some of the plant's nuclear waste is still stored on site, pending final disposal.