Ratings 11 votes
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Above Average
5 (45%)
Average
4 (36%)
Below Average
2 (18%)
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45.3596, -85.1936
Location & Contact
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Phone:
(616) 547-6537
Website:
http://www.entergy-nuclear.com/
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Jobs in MI 2 active
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Photos
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![Unloading a Fuel Bundle](http://www.nukeworker.com/pictures/albums/userpics/20819/thumb_fuel_bundle_removal.jpg "Unloading a Fuel Bundle
Publicity photo from Consumers Power; accompanying caption reads "(2) Unloading a fuel bundle at Big Rock, these men are handling the energy equivalent of about 5,000 tons of coal. This is one of 56 assemblies made for Big Rock by General Electric's atomic power equipment dept."
Keywords: big rock poing unloading fuel bundle construction
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![Showing the Head](http://www.nukeworker.com/pictures/albums/userpics/20819/thumb_capping_the_reactor.jpg "Showing the Head
Publicity photo from Consumers Power; accompanying caption reads: "Showing the 28-ton 'head,' or top, of Consumers Power Company's Nuclear Plant reactor itself. The reactor in Michigan's first operating nuclear power plant rests below this head, which the plant operators remove at scheduled times for certain tests and maintenance work.
"The plant is being used in a research and development program, and any of its 50,000 kilowatts of power not needed in the program is sent to Consumers Power Company's 900,000 electric customers in 61 counties throughout Michigan's Lower Peninsula."
Keywords: big rock point head reactor
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Ownership & Construction
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Technical Specs
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Reactor Type:
BWR
Containment:
BWR-DRYAMB
NSS Supplier:
GE 1
Thermal Power:
240 MWt
Net Capacity:
67 MWe
Status:
DECON
Licensing
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Docket #:
05000155
License #:
DPR-6
License Type:
OL-FP
Const. Permit:
1960-05-31
Operating Lic:
1964-05-01
Commercial Op:
1963-03-29
License Exp:
2000-05-31