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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.
Technical Session|Sponsored by HFICD
Friday, December 3, 2021|8:00–9:45AM EST |Columbia 1
Session Chair:
Brent Shumaker (Analysis and Measurement Services Corp)
Alternate Chair:
Fan Zhang
Session Organizer:
Jamie Coble (University of Tennessee-Knoxville)
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Asset Management Using Digital Engineering for the Versatile Test Reactor
8:05–8:25AM EST
Steven A. Arndt (ORNL), Stephen N. Hammonds (ORNL)
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Topical Report for Condition-Based Calibration Assessment of Pressure Transmitters in Nuclear Power Plants
8:25–8:45AM EST
H. Hashemian (Analysis and Measurement Services Corp.), B. Shumaker (Analysis and Measurement Services Corp.), G. Morton (Analysis and Measurement Services Corp.)
A Novel Method for Improvement of Pipeline Welding Defect Sizing Accuracy in Attenuation Materials
8:45–9:05AM EST
Jung-Cheol Shin (ENESG), Un-Hak Seong (ENESG), Young-Woo Park (Chungnam National Univ.)
Testbed to Evaluate Motor Fault Detection Capability of Electrical Signature Analysis Technologies
9:05–9:25AM EST
Greg Draeger (Analysis and Measurement Services Corp.), Jacob Houser (Analysis and Measurement Services Corp.), Mike Taylor (EPRI)
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