Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station

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electric power station nuclear power plant nuclear reactor planned nuclear reactor unit

The Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station is a nuclear power plant complex located on the shore of Lake Erie in Michigan, known for housing multiple reactor units including the Fermi 2 boiling water reactor.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	electric power station → nuclear power plant → nuclear reactor → nuclear reactor → planned nuclear reactor unit →
combinedLicenseIssueDate	2015 →
combinedLicenseIssuedBy	U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission →
commercialOperationStartDate	1966 → 1988 →
connectsTo	U.S. electrical grid →
constructionStartDate	1956 → 1972 →
coolant	light water → liquid sodium →
country	United States →
distanceToDetroit_km	approximately 40 →
electricalCapacity_MWe	61 →
firstCriticalityDate	1963 → 1985 →
generationType	Generation II →
gridConnection	Midwest power grid →
grossElectricalCapacity_MWe	approximately 1170 →
hasCoolingSource	Lake Erie NERFINISHED →
hasReactor	Fermi 1 → Fermi 2 → Fermi 3 →
licensedBy	U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission →
licenseExpirationYear	2045 →
licenseRenewalApprovalDate	2015 →
locatedIn	Michigan → Monroe County, Michigan NERFINISHED →
locatedOnBodyOfWater	Lake Erie NERFINISHED →
location	Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station → Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station → Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station →
moderator	light water →
namedAfter	Enrico Fermi →
nearCity	Monroe, Michigan NERFINISHED →
netElectricalCapacity_MWe	approximately 1122 → approximately 1500 →
notableEvent	partial core meltdown on October 5, 1966 →
operatedBy	DTE Electric Company →
ownedBy	DTE Energy →
primaryFuel	uranium dioxide →
reactorSupplier	GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy → General Electric →
reactorType	Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor → boiling water reactor → sodium-cooled fast breeder reactor →
regulatoryAuthority	U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission →
shutdownDate	1972 →
status	decommissioned → licensed but not constructed → operational →
thermalCapacity_MWt	200 →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Fermi 1 → Fermi 2 → Fermi 3 →	location
Enrico Fermi →	hasEponym
Monroe, Michigan ("Fermi 2 Nuclear Power Plant") →	hasNearbyFacility