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The Clinton Power Station is located near Clinton, Illinois, USA. The power station began commercial operation on April 24, 1987 and has a nominal gross electric output of 1,078 MWe. Due to inflation and cost overruns, Clinton's final construction cost $4.25 billion ($ today), nearly 1,000% over the original budget of $430 million and seven years behind schedule. The station has a single sixth-generation General Electric Boiling Water Reactor. The present reactor operating license was issued April 17, 1987, and will expire September 29, 2026. The surrounding site and adjacent cooling reservoir, Clinton Lake, is owned by the operator, but hosts the Clinton Lake State Recreation Area and is open to public for a large range of outdoor activities. Only around are actually used by the plant's buildings and operation areas.〔(Clinton Lake State Recreation Area Site Map )〕〔(Clinton, Unit 1 - CPS/USAR - Rev. 12, January 2007 ), p18, chapter 1.2.2.1.1〕 ==Transfer of ownership to Exelon== There were a number of problems during the first several years of operation. For example, the facility was down for maintenance frequently and was out of service for almost half of the time from September 1988 to October 1989. In 1997, it was also said to be producing "some of the highest electric rates in the midwest". After less than a decade of operation the plant's original owner, Illinois Power, had to close it in 1996 following some technical problems and safety violations resulting in a $450,000 fine.〔(Crain's chicago business : For the record : September 07, 1998 )〕 〔 Having deduced that it was not economical to own and operate only one nuclear generating station in the newly deregulated market, they kept it shut down during around 3 years whilst looking for an interested buyer.〔(Crain's chicago business : For the record : February 15, 1999 )〕 Exelon Corporation bought it for a more modest price of $40 million, with the purchase including the fuel in the reactor vessel and responsibility of all the radioactive waste in the spent fuel storage pool. The Operator and Owner is the Exelon Corporation. Soon after acquiring the power plant, Exelon made in 2001 a request to uprate its power by 20%, from 2894 MWt to 3473 MWt,〔(Clinton, Unit 1, Amendment No. 149, Power Uprate (Amendment Package) )〕 resulting in an increase of 193 MWe, the largest approved by the NRC until 2012.〔(EIA : Uprates can increase U.S. nuclear capacity substantially without building new reactors )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Clinton Nuclear Generating Station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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