Ehime incident and Point Beach Nuclear Plant: Difference between pages

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'''Point Beach Nuclear Generating Station''' is a Wisconsin Electric Power [[nuclear power plant]], located near [[Two Rivers, Wisconsin]] and [[Manitowoc, Wisconsin]], [[United States|USA]]. The plant is currently managed by the Nuclear Management Company (NMC).

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[[image:Ehime Maru memorial.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Ehime Maru memorial monument<br />In Kakaako Waterfront Park in Honolulu Hawaii]]

The Ehime-maru Incident (Japanese: えひめ丸事件) refers to the event on February 10th, [[2001]] (Japan time) at 8:45 AM when the Ehime-maru, a practice boat belonging to the Ehime prefectural Washima fishery high school, sank after a [[collision]] with "[[USS Greeneville (SSN-772)|Greenville]]", a surfaced nuclear submarine belonging to the [[United States Navy|US Navy]], off the coast of [[Oahu]], [[Hawaii]]. Out of the thirty five crew members onboard, five teachers and four students died. Nine of those rescued were diagnosed with [[post-traumatic stress disorder]].

In December, 2006, an agreement was reached to sell the plant to a subsidiary of the FPL Group of Juno Beach, [[Florida]]. As part of the sale, Wisconsin Electric Power will repurchase all of the power produced by the plant for at least 20 years. The completion of the sale is awaiting regulatory approval.

== See also ==

*[[Ehime Maru and USS Greeneville collision]]

This plant has two [[Westinghouse Electric Company|Westinghouse]] [[pressurized water reactor]]s. There is also a visitors' center located at the Point Beach site.

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Most of the power from this plant goes to Green Bay and WI Lakeshore.

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==External links==

*[http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/nuclear/page/at_a_glance/reactors/pointbeach.html DoE Page]

*[http://www.nukeworker.com/pictures/albums/North_America/usa/maps/Point_Beach_IFR.jpg NukeWorker]

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