Waterford 3 Nuclear Plant - Taft, LA
N 29° 59.706 W 090° 27.954
15R E 744460 N 3320946
Easy to veiw from State Hwy. 18 (River Rd.) about 30 mile north of New Orleans, in the small town of Taft, LA. Coordinates taken from Main Plant Entrance/Sign.
Waymark Code: WM5ZKP
Location: Louisiana, United States
Date Posted: 03/07/2009
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Plant is located on a
3000 acre site. Reactor is located very close to the road, and is easy to locate and photograph. There is a Wikipedia article, from which these stats were taken, located
hereThis plant has one Combustion Engineering two-loop pressurized water reactor. The plant produces 1,218 megawatts of electricity since the sites last refuel in May 2008. It has a dry ambient pressure containment building.
Waterford is operated by Entergy Nuclear and is owned by Entergy Louisiana, Inc.