connerdstines wrote:Where this plant is is what i want to know, and how it still has power. Only reason i would see it would still be powered is to keep the spent fuel pools running cool. And since it's obviously abandoned, i doubt that's the case. Kind of a mystery in and of itself.
It's the former Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant on Long Island, located pretty much directly across the sound from New Haven, CT. The main reason those buildings still have power is because of the much newer gas turbine generating station next door, which uses the original switchgear at the old Shoreham plant to distribute its generated power into the grid.
This page should sum up most the info that you're looking for about the plant.