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The Millstone Nuclear Power Station is the only nuclear power generation site in Connecticut and the only multi unit nuclear plant in New England. It is located at a former quarry (from which it takes its name) in Waterford. Of the three reactors built here, units two and three are still operating at a combined output rating of 2020 MWe. In terms of generating capacity, Millstone is the largest electrical generating facility in New England, and the plant contains the second (unit 3) and third (unit 2) largest individual generating units on the New England electrical grid. == Background == The Millstone site covers about 500 acres (2 km²). The power generation complex was built by a consortium of utilities, using Niantic Bay (which is connected to Long Island Sound and the Atlantic Ocean) as a source of coolant water. Although located in Waterford, Millstone is most clearly seen from downtown Niantic. It is visible from the Niantic Boardwalk area and from the Niantic River Bridge, and is also visible to passengers on Amtrak trains passing through Waterford on the Northeast Corridor. Millstone earned OSHA's top award for workplace safety on October 14, 2004,〔(Millstone Receives OSHA Recognition for Workplace Safety ) '' PR Newswire'', 14-OCT-04〕 and earned the Top Industry Practice/ Framatone ANP Vendor Award for its work developing novel ultrasonic leak inspection techniques in March 2001.〔(Sarver and Jordan: Maintenance at Millstone ) ''Nuclear News'', October 2003〕 Millstone Units 2 and 3, both pressurized water reactors (one from Westinghouse and one from Combustion Engineering), were sold to Dominion by Northeast Utilities in 2000 and continue to operate. On November 28, 2005, after a 22-month application and evaluation process, Millstone was granted a 20-year license extension to both units 2 and 3 by the NRC.〔(NRC Renews Millstone Nuclear Power Station Operating Licenses For An Additional 20 Years )〕 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「Millstone Nuclear Power Plant」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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