Alan R. Barton Plant Explained
The Alan R. Barton Nuclear Plant was a proposed commercial nuclear power plant in central Alabama, United States.
Proposed plant
Alabama Power Company proposed constructing four 1,159 MWe General Electric Boiling Water Reactors at the site approximately 15 miles southeast of Clanton, Alabama.[1] 32.75°N -110°W[2]
The proposed plant was named after Alabama Power Company Senior Vice President Alan R. Barton.[3]
The proposed plant was identified by the acronym ABNP in Nuclear Regulatory Commission correspondence. [4]
1970s cancellation
Barton 3 & 4 were canceled in 1975 while under 10CFR50 Construction Permit (CP) review. Two years later, Barton 1 & 2 were canceled during the CP review process as well.[1]
Reactor data
The nuclear power plant was to have had four units:
| Unit | Reactor
type | Net
capacity | Gross-
capacity | Planned | Canceled |
|---|
| Barton-1 [5] | General Electric Boiling Water Reactor (BWR/6) | 1.209 MW | 1.254 MW | 1972 | 01.11.1977 |
| Barton-2 [6] | General Electric Boiling Water Reactor (BWR/6) | 1.209 MW | 1.254 MW | 1972 | 01.11.1977 |
| Barton-3 [7] | General Electric Boiling Water Reactor (BWR/6) | 1.209 MW | 1.254 MW | 1974 | 01.11.1975 |
| Barton-4 [8] | General Electric Boiling Water Reactor (BWR/6) | 1.209 MW | 1.254 MW | 1974 | 01.11.1975 |
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Notes and References
- https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1350/v18/sr1350v18.pdf NUREG-1350 (Volume 18), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission: August 2006.
- D. F. Cope . H. F. Bauman . November 1977 . Expansion Potential for Existing Nuclear Power Station Sites . National Technical Information Service . 23 February 2017 . ORNL/TM-5927 . 16–21 . Oak Ridge National Laboratory . https://web.archive.org/web/20170211200544/http://web.ornl.gov/info/reports/1977/3445605510532.pdf . 2017-02-11 . dead .
- https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/gen-comm/gen-letters/1979/gl79054.html NRC letter GL79054
- https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr0544/r4/ NUREG-0544 (Rev. 4), NRC Collection of Abbreviations
- http://www.iaea.org/cgi-bin/db.page.pl/pris.prdeta.htm?country=US&refno=524 Barton 1 on the PRIS of the IAEA
- http://www.iaea.org/cgi-bin/db.page.pl/pris.prdeta.htm?country=US&refno=525 Barton 2 on the PRIS of the IAEA
- http://www.iaea.org/cgi-bin/db.page.pl/pris.prdeta.htm?country=US&refno=526 Barton 3 on the PRIS of the IAEA
- http://www.iaea.org/cgi-bin/db.page.pl/pris.prdeta.htm?country=US&refno=527 Barton 4 on the PRIS of the IAEA
