Limerick Generating Station - Pottstown, PA
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Janila
N 40° 13.871 W 075° 35.048
18T E 450306 N 4453580
The Limerick Generating Station has two nuclear reactors and sits along the Schuylkill River in Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
Waymark Code: WMZD1Z
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 10/22/2018
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From Wikipedia, here is a summary of Limerick's history.
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"The site was chosen and plans to build the station were announced in 1969, by the Philadelphia Electric Company (now PECO Energy, a subsidiary of Exelon). It is located approximately one mile south of Sanatoga, PA. Community protests by the Keystone Alliance and other delays pushed the start of construction by the Bechtel Power Corporation to June 1974.
Limerick Unit 1 first attained criticality (began producing nuclear power, at limited capacity) on December 22, 1984 and was certified for commercial operation on February 1, 1986.
Limerick Unit 2 attained criticality on August 1, 1989, and commercial operation began on January 8, 1990.[4]
President George W. Bush visited the Limerick Generating Station in May 2006 to discuss nuclear power and its role in the Advanced Energy Initiative, which he announced at the 2006 State of the Union Address. He toured the facility, including a trip to the control room of the plant.[5]
On October 20, 2014, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) granted extensions for Limerick Units 1 and 2 for another 20 years. The units now are licensed to operate until 2044 and 2049 respectively."
When my grandson was little, we would occasionally go to the outlet stores that are near the power plant. It would always amuse us when he saw the billowing white smoke and would say "there's the smoke factory!" He would know we were close to our destination when he saw the smoke.