About
Seabrook Station is located on an 889-acre site that is 13 miles south of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. It has the largest reactor in New England and provides about 7 percent of the region's electricity. On November 1, 2002, the FPL Group (representing Florida Power & Light), announced acquisition of controlling interest in the Seabrook plant. According to the FPL web site, the FPL Group acquired 88.2 percent interest in the plant for a total of $837 million. FPL notes that water used in the reactor and most other plant systems is piped in from the municipal water supply, then purified and tested. A separate water supply is drawn from the Atlantic Ocean to cool used steam for re-use. This separate supply does not come into contact with the reactor system, but it is monitored before being returned to the ocean through pipes located offshore. The plant has a visitor center, the Seabrook Science & Nature Center. [1]
Contact Information
Seabrook Nuclear Generating Station
PO Box 300
Seabrook, New Hampshire (NH) 03874
USA
Reference
[1] From EIA Seabrook Website - About
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