ABSTRACT
The Hallam Nuclear Power Facility was subsequently constructed for the consumers of Public Power District near Lincoln, Nebraska. The plant was a 76-Megawatts electric (MWe) and 254-MWt graphite-moderated sodium-cooled reactor system. The Enrico Fermi nuclear power plant was built in Lagoona Beach, Michigan, in 1966. The reactor operated at 61 MWe until 1972. Reactors of this type have the advantage of operating at relatively low pressure. The major development of nuclear power began in the late 1960s. Power plants rapidly increased in size from a generating capacity of tens of MWe to more than 1000 MWe. The development of nuclear power was in full swing in the 1970s when the accident occurred at the Three Mile Island Unit 2 nuclear power plant near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in 1979. The electricity generated is dependent on the number of full power hours generated by the plants.
