langs: 17 июля [ru] / july 17 [en] / 17. juli [de] / 17 juillet [fr] / 17 luglio [it] / 17 de julio [es]

days: july 14 / july 15 / july 16 / july 17 / july 18 / july 19 / july 20

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Power plant / Power plant

#1 Didcot power stations

Didcot power station (Didcot B Power Station) is an active natural gas power plant that supplies the National Grid . A combined coal and oil power plant , Didcot A, was the first station on the site which opened in 1970 [4] [5] and was demolished between 2014 and 2020. [6] The power station is situa

• ... plosive demolition on 5 March, a process which involved cutting the structure to weaken it. [29] On 17 july 2016, what remained of the structure was demolished in a controlled explosion. The bodies of the th ...

#2 Owyhee Dam

Owyhee Dam (National ID # OR00582) is a concrete arch-gravity dam on the Owyhee River in Eastern Oregon near Adrian, Oregon , United States . Completed in 1932 during the Great Depression , the dam generates electricity and provides irrigation water for several irrigation districts in Oregon and nei

• ... ited States President Herbert Hoover dedicated what was the highest dam of its type in the world on july 17, 1932. [4] Secretary of the Interior Ray Lyman Wilbur delivered Hoover's message at the dam. [5] Owy ...

#3 Folsom Dam

Folsom Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the American River of Northern California in the United States, about 25   mi (40   km) northeast of Sacramento . The dam is 340   ft (100   m) high and 1,400   ft (430   m) long, flanked by earthen wing dams. It was completed in 1955, and officially opened th

• ... f Reclamation on May 14. [25] [29] SPILLWAY GATE FAILURE Spillway failure in 1995 On the morning of july 17, 1995, the Folsom Dam power plant was shut down and Spillway Gate 3 was opened to maintain flows in ...

#4 Sodium Reactor Experiment

The Sodium Reactor Experiment was a pioneering nuclear power plant built by Atomics International at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory near Simi Valley , California. The reactor operated from 1957 to 1964. On December 20, 1951, the first Experimental Breeder Reactor in Idaho ( EBR-I ) was the first

• ... st Experimental Breeder Reactor in Idaho ( EBR-I ) was the first reactor to produce electricity. On july 17, 1955, the BORAX -III reactor, also in Idaho, was briefly connected to the local power grid, and wen ...

#5 Cape Wind

The Cape Wind Project was a proposed offshore wind farm on Horseshoe Shoal in Nantucket Sound off of Cape Cod , Massachusetts , United States. It was approved [2] [3] but then lost several key contracts and suffered several licensing and legislative setbacks. The developer, Jim Gordon of Energy Mana

• ... r Lieutenant Governor Kerry Healey , opposed it. [70] [71] 2012 ELECTION An article by Grist.org on 17 july 2012 [72] explained that Mitt Romney strongly opposed the Cape Wind project beginning in 2006. If e ...

#6 Sellafield

Sellafield is a large multi-function nuclear site close to Seascale on the coast of Cumbria , England. As of August 2022, primary activities are nuclear waste processing and storage and nuclear decommissioning . Former activities included nuclear power generation from 1956 to 2003, and nuclear fuel

• ... neration from 1956 to 2003, and nuclear fuel reprocessing from 1952 to 2022. Reprocessing ceased on 17 july 2022, when the Magnox Reprocessing Plant completed its last batch of fuel after 58 years of operati ...
• ... the plant running to process all the Magnox fuel inventory. [50] Magnox fuel reprocessing ceased on 17 july 2022, when the reprocessing plant completed its last batch of fuel after 58 years of operation. A t ...

#7 Connecticut Yankee Nuclear Power Plant

Connecticut Yankee Nuclear Power Plant (CY) was a nuclear power plant located in Haddam Neck, Connecticut , that was commissioned in 1968, ceased electricity production in 1996, and was decommissioned by 2004. The reason for the closure was because operation of the nuclear power station was no longe

• ... The plant had a capacity of 582MW. [2] Demolition of the containment dome was completed the week of july 17, 2006. US nuclear power plant (1968–2004) Connecticut Yankee Nuclear Power Plant Connecticut Yankee ...