Waterford Nuclear Generating Station
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The Waterford Nuclear Generating Station, also known as Waterford 3, is a nuclear power plant located on a 3,000-acre (12-kmĀ²) site near Taft, Louisiana, in St. Charles Parish.
This plant has one Combustion Engineering two-loop pressurized water reactor. The plant produces 1075 megawatts of electricity and has a dry ambient pressure containment building.
Waterford is operated by Entergy Nuclear and is owned by Entergy Louisiana, Inc.
On August 28, 2005, Waterford shut down due to Hurricane Katrina approaching and declared an unusual event.
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