In 1954, a consortium of 11 New England Electric utilities formed Yankee Atomic Electric Company for the purpose of designing, constructing and operating a prototype nuclear power plant as part of President Eisenhower's 'Atoms for Peace' Program. Construction of a four-loop pressurized water reactor began in Rowe, Massachusetts in 1958 and was completed in 1960.
It was the third nuclear power plant built in the nation and the first in New England. The Yankee Nuclear Power Station or "Yankee Rowe" as it is often referred to, began commercial operation in 1961 and was only expected to operate for about six years.
It was the third nuclear power plant built in the nation and the first in New England. The Yankee Nuclear Power Station or "Yankee Rowe" as it is often referred to, began commercial operation in 1961 and was only expected to operate for about six years.
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The Yankee Rowe property is located in the towns of Rowe and Monroe, in the northwest corner of Franklin County, Massachusetts. The approximately 1800 acres of property is mainly woods and fields. The former Yankee Atomic power plant has been fully decommissioned and the plant site remediated. In 2007 the U.S.
The Yankee Rowe Community Advisory Board (CAB) was established in 1998 to promote open communication, public involvement, and education on remaining decommissioning and fuel storage activities at the Yankee Rowe plant. With the completion of demolition of the plant in 2005, the CAB transitioned under a new charter to a Fuel Storage and Removal Community Advisory Board to promote and enhance open communication, public involvement and education on the interim storage of spent fuel and high-level waste at the former Yankee Rowe plant site and to advocate for its prompt removal as required by federal statute and contract with the U.S. Department of Energy.
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