Millstone 1
Waterford, Conn., United States
3.2 miles West Southwest of New London, Connecticut.
Boiling Water Reactor (BWR 3)
Net Output: 660 MWe
Operable. Initial criticality: 10/07/1970. Commercial start: 03/01/1971.

Utility:

Northeast Utilities

Reactor Supplier:

General Electric Co.

Steam Generator Supplier:

General Electric Co.

Architecture:

Ebasco

Construction:

Ebasco

Millstone 1, a boiling-water reactor which began commercial operation in March 1971, last produced power on November 5, 1995, when it shut down for a refueling outage. On July 17, 1998, the Connecticut Light and Power Company (CL&P), a subsidiary of Northeast Utilities, announced it had decided to permanently close the facility and to pursue final decommissioning of Millstone Unit 1. This announcement was based on the results of an analysis that indicated it might not be economically viable for the company to continue to operate the unit. As of July 21, 1998, all fuel had been removed from the reactor vessel, but CP&L has not yet decided whether to pursue the DECON or the SAFSTOR option. CL&P continues to operate the two other reactors on site, Millstone 2 and 3.

Millstone Web Site
Location Map from HPAC Database - dead link-
Millstone Unit #1 Plant Technical Documents from USNRC -dead link-