Location:

Cook Nuclear Plant is located in Bridgman, MI on 650 acres silhouetted against the shoreline of Lake Michigan, in the Grand Marais Embayment, one of the premiere glacially-formed sand dune systems in the world

Plant Description

• Plant Owners: American Electric Power; based in Columbus, Ohio
• Reactor system manufacturer/type and model: Westinghouse 4- loop pressurized water reactor
• Turbine manufacturer: Unit 1 General Electric Co. Unit 2 Brown Boveri Corp.
• Plant licensed core thermal power: Unit 1 3250 MWT, Unit 2 3411 MWT
• Plant electrical output (MDC): Unit 1 1077 Unit 2 1133 MWE

History

• Site construction started: 1969
• Operating License received: Unit 1 � Dec. 1974 Unit 2 � Dec. 1977
• Initial fuel load completed: Unit 1 � November 14,1974 Unit 2 January, 2 1978
• Initial Criticality: Unit 1 � January 18, 1975 Unit 2- March 10, 1978
• Commercial operation: Unit 1 � August 23, 1975 Unit 2 July 1, 1978
• Power up rate : scheduled for completion in 2002

Interesting Facts

• AEP's nuclear generation group is headquartered in Buchanan, Michigan. The building located twenty miles from the plant, also houses some of the nuclear plant's emergency plan facilities.
• Cook Unit 1 is one of the leading nuclear power generators in the United States, producing 143,000,000 megawatt hours through 1998. In 1994, a performance record of 470 days of continuous operation was the third longest run in the country for plants of similar design. Between 1994 and 1997, AEP employees worked over ten million hours without a lost time accident.