Marble Hill Nuclear Power Plant (abandoned)

[oldfart387]

I'd be happy to have them built nearby. Have a friend in MO that lives a few miles from the nuke plant. By law they have to supply their area's schools with boo-koo bucks. The kids get the best of everything so..... build one in my back-yard!

Oh yeah, their unemployment in the county is practically non-existent.

[fastrock5010]

20110312 - worked at Marble Hill for PSI utility about 30 years ago. Continued on w/ a position at Braidwood NPS in Illinois until 1992 I think. Got out of the nuke industry, it was dying a slow dead. My wife & I were at NCAA tourney in Louisville yesterday and decided to see if we could find it. Electric rates will triple or more in next 8 years and shortsighted decisions ruin our grandchildren future. I will go to my grave knowing that nuke power was one of the keys to this country's success.

[jofrey123456781]

cant u go inside? and y did the plant close down?

[csnyder23]

I worked at the facility for two summers as an Engineering Coop. While I was anti nuke in high school, I became more neutral as I worked with the dedicated and hard working engineers. However, what people forget is it wasn't just 3 mile island and honeycomb concrete that killed it, it was the 18% interest rates too.

[MadisonIndianaGuide]

Good point. It was a complicated time to build anything.

[PierceT520]

Very wierd. I read about this on google. A "sucsess" plant was constructed right across the river. It was a major loss. Just think what might have happened if they actually finished it.....thanks for sharing.

[eurodancer987]

are the fuel rods taken out??

[MadisonIndianaGuide]

The plant was never fully functional. All that's left is scrap material

[ve2zzz]

@eurodancer987

This power plant was under construction.

The nuclear fuel rods are inserted only after the power plant is fully completed and has passed all the safety tests and acquired certification.

There has NEVER been any nuclear fuel in this plant.