Alan R. Barton Plant

The Alan R. Barton Nuclear Plant was a proposed commercial nuclear power plant in central Alabama.

Proposed plant

Alabama Power Company proposed constructing four 1,159 MWe General Electric Boiling Water Reactors at the site approximately 15 miles southeast of Clanton, Alabama. [ [http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1350/v18/sr1350v18.pdf NUREG-1350 (Volume 18), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission: August 2006.] ]

The proposed plant was named after Alabama Power Company Senior Vice President Alan R. Barton. [ [http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/gen-comm/gen-letters/1979/gl79054.html NRC letter GL79054] ]

The proposed plant was identified by the acronym ABNP in Nuclear Regulatory Commission correspondence. [ [http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr0544/r4/ NUREG-0544 (Rev. 4), NRC Collection of Abbreviations] ]

1970s cancellation

Barton 3 & 4 were canceled in 1975 while under 10CFR50 Construction Permit (CP) review. Two years later Barton 1 & 2 were canceled during the CP review process as well. [ [http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1350/v18/sr1350v18.pdf NUREG-1350 (Volume 18), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission: August 2006.] ]

Reactor data

The nuclear power plant has four mothballed units:

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