A Nuclear Plant Was Here LbNA #60135
Owner: | Ezmerelda |
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Plant date: | Nov 19, 2011 |
Location: | Big Rock Rd |
City: | Charlevoix |
County: | Charlevoix |
State: | Michigan |
Boxes: | 1 |
Found by: | TreePrincess |
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Last found: | Apr 2, 2017 |
Status: | FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF |
Last edited: | Oct 15, 2015 |
Big Rock was Michigan's first nuclear power plant and the nation's fifth. It also produced Cobalt 60 for the medical industry from 1971 to 1982.
Ground was broken on July 20, 1960. Construction was completed in 29 months at a cost of $27.7 million. Its license from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission was issued on August 29, 1962. The reactor first went critical on September 27 and the first electricity was generated on December 8, 1962.
A promotional video for the plant featured then GE spokesman Ronald Reagan.
Decommissioning costs totaled $390,000,000.
Today the property is totally cleared of any sign of a nuclear power plant. The state of Michigan was considering buying the property and turning it into a State Park as it sits along a one mile stretch of Lake Michigan. There are still 8 gaskets of spent fuel located on a basketball court sized piece of property on the site.
Getting to the box
From US 31 turn W on Big Rock Rd. You will see the parking area at the memorial immediately. You cannot drive past this point unless you are "authorized" or you may develop mutations and such.......kidding :) Notice 6 white slender "fingers" sticking up from the trees to the left of the circle. Please make sure you cover the box well when finished.
Ground was broken on July 20, 1960. Construction was completed in 29 months at a cost of $27.7 million. Its license from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission was issued on August 29, 1962. The reactor first went critical on September 27 and the first electricity was generated on December 8, 1962.
A promotional video for the plant featured then GE spokesman Ronald Reagan.
Decommissioning costs totaled $390,000,000.
Today the property is totally cleared of any sign of a nuclear power plant. The state of Michigan was considering buying the property and turning it into a State Park as it sits along a one mile stretch of Lake Michigan. There are still 8 gaskets of spent fuel located on a basketball court sized piece of property on the site.
Getting to the box
From US 31 turn W on Big Rock Rd. You will see the parking area at the memorial immediately. You cannot drive past this point unless you are "authorized" or you may develop mutations and such.......kidding :) Notice 6 white slender "fingers" sticking up from the trees to the left of the circle. Please make sure you cover the box well when finished.