Sears Island Nuclear Power Plant was a
nuclear power plant proposed by
Central Maine Power
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History
In 2008 Iberdrola ...
in 1974 as a single 1,150 MW
nuclear reactor
A nuclear reactor is a device used to initiate and control a fission nuclear chain reaction or nuclear fusion reactions. Nuclear reactors are used at nuclear power plants for electricity generation and in nuclear marine propulsion. Heat from nu ...
built by
Westinghouse. It was to be built on
Sears Island
Sears Island, known as Wassumkeag or shining beach by the indigenous Wabanaki tribes of northern New England, is located off the coast of Searsport in Waldo County, Maine, at the top of Penobscot Bay.
The island is the largest undeveloped, uni ...
in
Maine
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, but the project was canceled in 1977.
Nuclear Power Generation and Fuel Cycle Report 1997
p. 67.
See also
*Nuclear power debate
The nuclear power debate is a long-running controversy about the risks and benefits of using nuclear reactors to generate electricity for civilian purposes. The debate about nuclear power peaked during the 1970s and 1980s, as more and more reac ...
* List of canceled nuclear plants in the United States
References
Cancelled nuclear power stations in the United States
Buildings and structures in Waldo County, Maine
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