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Point Beach Nuclear Plant
Country	United States
Location	Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Coordinates	44°16′52″N 87°32′12″W / 44.2811°N 87.5367°W / 44.2811; -87.5367
Status	Operational
Commission date	21 December 1970
Operator	NextEra Energy Resources
Power generation
Nameplate capacity	1,311 MW
External links
Website	www.fpl.com/environment/nuclear/pdf/PB_FACT
Commons	Related media on Commons
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Template:Nuke-NRC3 Point Beach Nuclear Plant is a former WE Energies-built nuclear power plant, located on Lake Michigan north of Two Rivers, Wisconsin, USA.

The plant is currently owned and operated by NextEra Energy Resources, which, as FPL Energy, closed on purchase of the plant in October 2007 previously operated by the Nuclear Management Company.

In December, 2006, an agreement was reached to sell the plant to FPL Energy of Juno Beach, Florida. As part of the sale, WE Energies will repurchase all of the power produced by the plant for at least 20 years. From 2000–2007, the plant was managed by the Nuclear Management Company.

This plant has two Westinghouse pressurized water reactors. There is also a visitors' center located at the Point Beach site. In 2005, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) approved the license renewal application for the Point Beach plant, extending the operating license from forty years to sixty.

Most of the power from this plant goes to the Green Bay area and communities along the Lake Michigan shoreline of Southeastern Wisconsin.

References

1. http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/prnewswire/CLM04601102007-1.htm

External links

• NukeWorker
• "Point Beach Nuclear Power Plant, Wisconsin". Energy Information Administration, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). October 9, 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-21.
• "Point Beach 1 Pressurized Water Reactor". Operating Nuclear Power Reactors. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). February 14, 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-21.
• "Point Beach 2 Pressurized Water Reactor". Operating Nuclear Power Reactors. NRC. February 14, 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-21.

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