Aerial photo of Yankee Rowe during D&D

Aerial photo of the former Yankee Rowe plant site taken on April 11, 2006.

Decommissioning began in 1993 and will be completed this year. Structural demolition of the plant was completed on June 30, 2005. Below-grade decommissioning will be completed this summer, followed by site grading and restoration. Final radiation surveys of the site will be conducted to demonstrate to state and federal regulators that Yankee has successfully completed decommissioning. The plant site will then be released from its Nuclear Regulatory Commission license.

The transfer of Yankee's used fuel from wet to dry cask storage was successfully completed in June of 2003. The decommissioned Yankee Rowe plant site will not be available for reuse until the Department of Energy meets its legal obligation to remove the used fuel stored on the former plant site. The fuel storage facility will continue to be licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.