Kewaunee to close in 2013

摘要

Dominion says that it plans to close and decommission its Kewaunee Power Station in the US state of Wisconsin, after being unable to find a buyer for the 556-megawatt nuclear facility. The decision was based 'purely on economics' it said. The Kewaunee station, a Westinghouse pressurized water reactor, began commercial operation in 1974. It is expected to cease power production in the second quarter of 2013, Dominion said, pending a grid reliability review by the Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator (MISO).