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Douglas Point Nuclear Generating Station: Not the reactor you may be thinking of
The proposed location of Douglas Point in Maryland, on the banks of the Potomac River, compared to currently operating nuclear plants in Maryland and Virginia.
The Douglas Point Nuclear Generating Station that is the subject of this article is not the CANDU reactor that operated in Ontario from 1966 to 1984. This one was a proposed nuclear power plant in Charles County, Md., that was to provide power to the Washington D.C. area, about 30 miles north of the intended site.
In the early 1970s, the Potomac Electric Power Company (PEPCO) was looking for additional means of generation. At the time, the Washington D.C. metropolitan area was one of the fastest growing regions in the nation.
Site selection was tricky for PEPCO, as the company was contending with a confined load in a growing urban area. A new site as near as possible to the load center that could house at least 2,000 MWe of generating capacity and keep development costs down was needed. Three sites were ultimately reviewed: Douglas Point on the lower Potomac River, a second site toward the mouth of the Potomac River, and a third on the shore of Chesapeake Bay.
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Franciscan B|Session Chair: Tomas Peltan
Monday, April 22, 2024|1:30–3:15PM PDT
Franciscan B|Session Chair: Jesson D. Hutchinson
Monday, April 22, 2024|3:30–5:15PM PDT
Franciscan B|Session Chair: Vincent Lamirand
Tuesday, April 23, 2024|1:30–3:15PM PDT
Continental Ballroom 1|Session Chair: Luka Snoj
Tuesday, April 23, 2024|3:30–5:15PM PDT
Franciscan B|Session Chair: Federico Grimaldi
Wednesday, April 24, 2024|1:30–3:15PM PDT
Franciscan B|Session Chair: Ryan H. Stewart
Wednesday, April 24, 2024|3:30–5:15PM PDT
Continental Ballroom 1|Session Chair: Satoshi Gunji
Franciscan D|Session Chair: Jeremy Bousquet
Monday, April 22, 2024|10:15AM–12:00PM PDT
Continental Ballroom 2|Session Chair: David Griesheimer
Continental Ballroom 1|Session Chair: Ken-ichi Tada
Franciscan C|Session Chair: Tatsuya Fujita
Continental Ballroom 1|Session Chair: Kazuya Yamaji
Franciscan C|Session Chair: Go Chiba
Franciscan D|Session Chair: Romain Henry
Continental Ballroom 2|Session Chair: Jaako Leppanen
Franciscan D|Session Chair: Oliver Buss
Continental Ballroom 1|Session Chair: Akio Yamamoto
Continental Ballroom 2|Session Chair: Rodolfo Ferrer
Continental Ballroom 1|Session Chair: Tatsuya Fujita
Tuesday, April 23, 2024|10:15AM–12:00PM PDT
Continental Ballroom 2|Session Chair: Joshua Hykes
Franciscan D|Session Chair: Nader Satvat
Continental Ballroom 2|Session Chair: Yves Robert
Franciscan D|Session Chair: Scott P. Palmtag
Continental Ballroom 2|Session Chair: Ville Valtavirta
Franciscan C|Session Chair: Brendan M. Kochunas
Continental Ballroom 1|Session Chair: Tomoaki Watanabe
Wednesday, April 24, 2024|10:15AM–12:00PM PDT
Franciscan D|Session Chair: Emily R. Shemon
Franciscan C|Session Chair: Majdi I. Radaideh
Continental Ballroom 2|Session Chair: Piero Ravetto
Continental Ballroom 2|Session Chair: William Wieselquist
Franciscan D|Session Chair: Tamer Bahadir
Franciscan D|Session Chair: Eugene Shwageraus
Continental Ballroom 2|Session Chair: William Dawn
Panel|Imperial Ballroom|Session Chair: Rodolfo Ferrer
Panel|Imperial Ballroom|Session Chair: Ishita Trivedi
Panel|Imperial Ballroom|Session Chair: Steven A. Arndt
Panel|Imperial Ballroom|Session Chair: Seth Grae
Panel|Imperial Ballroom|Session Chair: Catherine M. Percher
Panel|Imperial Ballroom|Session Chair: Jason Hou
Panel|Imperial Ballroom|Session Chair: Samuel E. Bays
Panel|Imperial Ballroom|Session Chair: Richard B. Vilim
Panel|Franciscan C|Session Chair: Carlo Fiorina
Franciscan B|Session Chair: Wei Shen
Franciscan A|Session Chair: Friederike Bostelmann
Franciscan A|Session Chair: Ben Lindley
Franciscan A|Session Chair: Tingzhou Fei
Franciscan A|Session Chair: Emily R. Shemon
Franciscan B|Session Chair: Ugur Mertyurek
Franciscan C|Session Chair: Ishita Trivedi
Franciscan A|Session Chair: William Wieselquist
Franciscan C|Session Chair: Nicolas E. Stauff
Franciscan A|Session Chair: Germina Ilas
Franciscan B|Session Chair: Alain Hébert
Franciscan A|Session Chair: Stefano Terlizzi
Franciscan A|Session Chair: Mehdi Asgari
Franciscan A|Session Chair: Abdalla Abou-Jaoude
