Connecticut Yankee Nuclear Power Plant Site, Connecticut

Connecticut Yankee was a 582MW nuclear power plant situated beside the Connecticut River. Commercial operations began in 1968, under the ownership of the Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company. In 1996, the decision was made to close the plant, due to its ongoing inability to remain cost-effective, although actual decommissioning did not begin until 1998. Remediation efforts continued until 2007, when the Nuclear Regulatory Commission declared the site to be fit for unrestricted use. Today, all that remains of the plant is the Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation, which is comprised of 43 dry storage casks, containing spent fuel rods as well as portions of the reactor vessel itself.