News

A proposed data center on the Millstone nuclear power station’s property in Waterford would draw electricity directly from the plant, but it could be a tough sell.
WATERFORD — The Millstone nuclear plants suck in about 2 billion gallons of seawater a day to cool their reactors and then pump the heated water back into Long Island Sound, a shallow estuary ...
The Millstone nuclear plant is renewing threats to close its reactors — and potentially drive up the cost of electricity — after state regulators proposed delaying the company from making more ...
State energy officials concluded in a preliminary report released Thursday that the Millstone nuclear power station in Waterford will be profitable through 2035, undercutting its owner’s ...
Connecticut’s Millstone Power Station’s two nuclear reactors went into operation in 1975 and 1986, respectively. Today, those reactors supply electricity for nearly half the state.
The world’s climate, and Connecticut’s, is heating up rapidly. Superstorm Sandy in 2012 and the destructive tropical hurricanes this summer are just the start of more extreme storms we can ...
The Millstone nuclear power plant. Dominion, the plant’s owner, had previously threatened to pull the plug on the facility. Globe Staff/File ...
May 13—WATERFORD — If it were up to the operators of the Dominion Millstone Power Station, its spent nuclear fuel would not be stored on site. Vice President Michael O'Connor said this past ...
Governor Ned Lamont announced Monday the Millstone Nuclear Power Station in Waterford, Connecticut, will stay open for another 10 years. Officials at Millstone have said for years the plant was at ...
HARTFORD — Although concluding the Millstone Nuclear Power Station will remain financially viable through 2035, the state is paving the way for a controversial plan to allow the company to boost ...
Millstone is also the only multi-unit nuclear power plant in New England. Unit 1 was commissioned in 1970 and closed more than 10 years ago, while Units 2 and 3 are licensed through 2035 and 2045 ...
Millstone power station has 2,100 MW of generating capacity. Unit 1 was commissioned in 1970 and closed more than 10 years ago. Units 2 and 3 are licensed through 2035 and 2045, respectively.