History
Dec 1968 | PSNH announces plans to build 860 Mwe plant in Seabrook (scheduled completion 1974) | |
Mar 1969 | PSNH announces delaying nuclear plant at Seabrook and building iterim plant in Newington. | |
Feb 1971 | PSNH announces it will be building two plants at Seabrook (2200 Mwe). Estimated costs $1 Billion | |
Jul 1976 | Construction permit granted | |
Aug 1976 | PSNH starts constuction with ground breaking ceremony. | |
Fall 1976 | EPA rejects PSNH's proposed tunnel cooling system. | |
xxx 1976 | EPA director overules EPA tunnel decision. | |
xxx 1978 | Cooling shafts start to be drilled off shore. | |
Apr 1977 | Massive demonstration by Clamshell Alliance. | |
xxx 1979 | Violent demonstration | |
xxx 1980 | Anti-CWIP (Construction Work In Progress) law is passed stopping PSNH from recovering it's construction costs while the plant is being constructed. | |
Mar 1984 | Banks freeze PSNH's credit line | |
Apr 1984 | Construction shutdown and 5200 workers layed off. | |
Nov 1984 | Construction restarts but only for Unit 1. | |
xxx 1986 | Construction completed on Unit 1 | |
Nov 1986 | Second reactor is cancelled. | |
Jan 1988 | NH Supreme Court rules that the anti-CWIP law is constitutional. | |
Jan 1988 | PSNH files for bankruptcy | |
May 1989 | NRC grants Seabrook it's low-power license. | |
Mar 1990 | NRC grants full power license - They vote 3 to 0 to give Seabrook Station a license to operate at full power. | |
Jul 1990 | Seabrook reactor goes critical for the first time | |
Aug 1990 | Seabrook Station starts commercial operation 22 years from first announcement, 14 years after construction started, and 4 years after completion. | |
Jun 1990 | PSNH emerges from bankruptcy as a subsidiary of Northeast Utilities. | |
xxx 1997 | Seabrook applies for a permit with the National Marine Fisheries Services for the taking of seals (that become lost in the intake tunnel). | |
Aug 1999 | Seabrook installs barriers on all 3 intake structures to preven seals from swimming into them. | |
Dec 2001 | Auction of Seabrook Station is launched by JP Morgan. | |
Apr 2002 | FPL Energy wins bid. | |
Nov. 2002 | FPL Energy acquires 88.2 percent of Seabrook Station | |
May 2003 | Unit 2 beautification starts. | |
Dec 2003 | Unit 2's rusty containment tear down and capping is completed. | |
Dec 2007 | On site fuel storage is complete. | |
2008 | Seabrook starts storing spent fuel in new storage facility. Spent fuel is stored in a canistor, each canister is 16' x 7' |