IT PRODUCES A HUGE AMOUNT
OF ENERGY EACH YEAR...BUT YOU
MIGHT NOT EVEN REALIZE THE
LARGEST NUCLEAR POWER PLANT IN
NEW ENGLAND IS LOCATED RIGHT
IN SOUTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT...
NEWS 8 ANCHOR SCOTT
MCDONNELL GOT GOT SPECIAL
ACCESS TO GET CLOSER LOOK
INSIDE THE MILLSTONE NUCLEAR
POWER STATION
UNLESS YOU LIVE IN
SOUTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT.OR
UNLESS SOMETHING GOES WRONG..
YOU MAY NOT HEAR ALOT ABOUT
THE MILLSTONE NUCLEAR POWER
PLANT.ITS A MAJOR OPERATION -
WITH OVER A THOUSAND EMPLOYEES
THATS BEEN PUMPING OUT ENERGY
FOR DECADES(CLIP ONE)
IN A WELL PROTECTED - THICK
CONCRETE CONTAINMENT UNIT
PROTECTING AGAINST RADIATION -
NUCLEAR FISSION IS CREATED
WITH THE HELP OF URANIUM
PELLETS...THE SIZE OF SMALL
PEBBLES.
EACH ONE PACKS A HEAD-SPINNING
AMOUNT OF POWER
(CLIP TWO)WATER FROM THE LONG
ISLAND SOUND - IS CRITICAL IN
COOLING THE CORETHE REACTOR
MAKES HEAT - TRANSFERRED TO
HUGE GENERATORS....PRODUCING
STEAM USED IN THESE MASSIVE
TURBINES THAT IS TURNED INTO
ELECTRICITY.MICHAEL CONNOR -
MANAGER OF NUCLEAR OPERATIONS
KEN HOLT - MANAGER OF
COMMUNICATIONS, MILLSTONE
POWER STATIONMAKING MILLSTON
THE LARGEST GENERATING STATION
IN NEW ENGLAND.PRODUCING ALL
THAT POWER...PEOPLE - CHRIS
CHATMANS TEAM HAS THE WATCH
CHRIS CHATMAN - SHIFT MANAGER,
MILLSTONE POWER STATION
TRAINING IS THOROUGH - WALKING
THROUGH VARIOUS EMERGENCY
SCENERIOSTHE FUTURE OF NUCLEAR
ENERGY IS FACING CHALLENGES -
COMPITION FROM A GROWING SOLAR
MARKET AND LOW COST NATURAL
GAS IS PUSHING MILLSTONE
TOWARDS SELLING ITS ENERGY IN
A MORE DIRECT WAY.
RIGHT NOW POWER IS BOUGHT AND
SOLD - FULL OF THIRD PARTY
MARK-UPS ALONG THE WAYAND
PROVIDE WHAT CONNECTICUT
RESIDENTS ARE LOOKING FORSAFE
AND AFFORDABLE ENERGY OPTIONS
IN WATERFORD.....SCOTT
MCDONNELL - NEWS 8
