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The Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station is a nuclear power plant on the shore of Lake Erie near Monroe, in Frenchtown Charter Township, Michigan on approximately 1,000 acres (400 ha). All units of the plant are operated by the DTE Energy Electric Company and owned (100 percent) by parent company DTE Energy .
- Unit 1: August 8, 1956, Unit 2: September 26, 1972
- Fermi Power Plant
- $6.110 billion (2007 USD)
Fermi 2 Power Plant began commercial operation in 1988 and has since produced more than 200 billion kilowatt hours of electricity for DTE Energy customers. In 2001, Fermi 2 Power Plant was the first nuclear power plant in the state to achieve Clean Corporate Citizen (C3) status. The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality's voluntary C3 ...
May 6, 2022 · Location: 25 MI NE of Toledo, OH, in Region III Operator: DTE Electric Company Operating License: Issued - 07/15/1985, Expires - 03/20/2045 Docket Number: 05000341 Reactor Type: Boiling Water Reactor
Aug 11, 2021 · Global climate objectives fall short without nuclear power in the mix: UNECE. The Enrico Fermi nuclear generating Station near Monroe, Michigan, US. The urgent need to reduce emissions and slow global heating, should involve the roll-out of more nuclear power stations, regional UN energy experts argued in a new briefing on Wednesday. Only weeks ...
Jan 17, 2019 · How did Enrico Fermi, one of the 20th century's greatest physicists, produce the first nuclear reactor by accident? Learn how his experiments on neutron physics, slow neutron effect, and radioactive elements led to the development of the first atomic bomb and the nuclear age.
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Fermi 1, located in Monroe County, Michigan, was the worst nuclear incident in the United States before the Three Mile Island disaster struck the nation in 1979. Fermi 1 was a fast breeder reactor power plant cooled by sodium and was designed to have a maximum capacity of 430 Megawatts though it would never reach its potential.
Jul 17, 2006 · The Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station was the first American fast breeder reactor and the first to produce plutonium for nuclear weapons. It was built in Michigan from 1963 to 1972 and decommissioned in 1983 due to engineering problems. Learn how fast breeder reactors work, their advantages and disadvantages, and their current status.
