Maine Yankee Nuclear Power Plant (decommissioned)

Maine Yankee Nuclear Power Plant, Wiscassett, Maine, as seen in this October 1994 file photo taken from the air. Improperly vented radioactive gas reached an area of the Maine Yankee nuclear power plant where people were working, Wednesday, October,30, 1996, federal regulators reported. The exposure was a result of a faulty damper in the plant's ventilation system. Gas sampled from the reactor coolant system was accidentally vented into the spent fuel pool area.