Waterford Nuclear Generating Station
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The Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3, also known as Waterford 3, is a nuclear power plant located on a 3,000-acre (12-km²) up-river from Hahnville, Louisiana, in St. Charles Parish.[1]
This plant has one Combustion Engineering two-loop pressurized water reactor. The plant produces 1,164 megawatts of electricity since the power uprate implemented in July 2005 and has a dry ambient pressure containment building.
Waterford is operated by Entergy Nuclear and is owned by Entergy Louisiana, Inc.[1]
On August 28, 2005, Waterford shut down due to Hurricane Katrina approaching and declared an unusual event[2]. Shortly after Katrina, Waterford restarted and now is in normal operation.
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- U.S. Department of Energy web page for Waterford
- NRC's web page on Waterford
- Waterford Nuclear Generating Station is at coordinates Coordinates:
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