Waterford Nuclear Generating Station
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The Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3, also known as Waterford 3, is a nuclear power plant located on a 3,000-acre (12-km²) up-river from Hahnville, Louisiana, in St. Charles Parish.
This plant has one Combustion Engineering two-loop pressurized water reactor. The plant produces 1,164 megawatts of electricity since the power uprate implemented in July 2005 and has a dry ambient pressure containment building.
Waterford is operated by Entergy Nuclear and is owned by Entergy Louisiana, Inc.
On August 28, 2005, Waterford shut down due to Hurricane Katrina approaching and declared an unusual event. Shortly after Katrina, Waterford restarted and now is in normal operation.
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- NRC's web page on Waterford
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