langs: 16 сентября [ru] / september 16 [en] / 16. september [de] / 16 septembre [fr] / 16 settembre [it] / 16 de septiembre [es]

days: september 13 / september 14 / september 15 / september 16 / september 17 / september 18 / september 19

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Power plant / Power plant

#1 Grand Coulee Dam

Grand Coulee Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Columbia River in the U.S. state of Washington , built to produce hydroelectric power and provide irrigation water. Constructed between 1933 and 1942, Grand Coulee originally had only two powerhouses. The third powerhouse ("Nat"), completed in 1974 t

• ... iet Union , which had constructed power plants on the Volga River larger than Grand Coulee. [65] On september 16 , 1964, the Columbia River Treaty was ratified and included an agreement by Canada to construct the ...

#2 Byron Nuclear Generating Station

The Byron Nuclear Generating Station is a nuclear power plant located in Ogle County, Illinois , 2 miles (3.2   km) east of the Rock River . The reactor buildings were constructed by Commonwealth Edison and house two Westinghouse Four-Loop [2] pressurized water reactors , Unit   1 and Unit   2, whic

• ... °16′55″W Status Operational Construction began April 1, 1975 ( 1975-04-01 ) Commission date Unit 1: september 16, 1985 Unit 2: August 2, 1987 Construction cost $4.5 billion (2007 USD) [1] Owner(s) Constellation En ...
• ... from the NRC on February 14, 1985 and Unit Two received its license on January 30, 1987. [5] [6] On september 16, 1985, Unit One entered commercial service and power began to be generated at Byron. [3] The operati ...

#3 Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant

Vermont Yankee was an electricity generating nuclear power plant , located in the town of Vernon, Vermont , in the northeastern United States. It generated 620   megawatts (MWe) of electricity at full power. The plant was a boiling water reactor (BWR), designed by General Electric . It operated from

• ... ning cooling tower had enough capacity to allow the plant to operate at full output, however, until september 16, 2007 the reactor was kept at 50% power. The cause of the collapse was found to be corrosion in stee ...

#4 Eggborough power station

Eggborough power station was a coal-fired power station in North Yorkshire , England , which was capable of co-firing biomass . It was situated on the River Aire , between the towns of Knottingley and Snaith , deriving its name from the nearby village of Eggborough . The station had a generating cap

• ... mentary Balance Reserve contracts providing 775 MW. [33] Unit 4 returned to commercial operation on 16 september 2016 to generate 440 MW into the wholesale market following six months of deep maintenance. [34] Eg ...

#5 Gigha

Gigha ( / ˈ ɡ iː ə / ; Scottish Gaelic : Giogha ; Scots : Gigha ) or the Isle of Gigha [9] (and formerly Gigha Island ) [10] is an island off the west coast of Kintyre in Scotland. The island forms part of Argyll and Bute and has a population of 163 people. [6] The climate is mild with higher than a

• ... of coal and iron. Owned by David MacBrayne, she was en route from Glasgow to Lewis at the time. On 16 september 1940 the British steam liner Aska was bombed by a German aircraft south of Gigha whilst carrying Fr ...

#6 Indian Point Energy Center

Indian Point Energy Center ( I.P.E.C. ) is a three-unit nuclear power plant station located in Buchanan , just south of Peekskill , in Westchester County , New York . It sits on the east bank of the Hudson River , about 36 miles (58   km) north of Midtown Manhattan . The facility has permanently cea

• ... urized water reactor that was issued an operating license on March 26, 1962 and began operations on september 16, 1962. [13] The first core used a thorium -based fuel with stainless steel cladding, but this fuel d ...