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Kewaunee

The photographs focus on the Kewaunee Nuclear Power Plant on the western shore of Lake Michigan, covering the decommissioned facility’s containment structures, cooling systems, and surrounding shoreline. Driftwood along the lake’s edge and submerged rock formations recur alongside views of the plant itself, placing an industrial site in a persistent natural context.

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The Kewaunee Nuclear Power Plant in Wisconsin, featuring a distinctive containment building with turquoise accents, ceased operations in 2013 and is undergoing decommissioning.
The Kewaunee Nuclear Power Plant, located in Kewaunee, Wisconsin, features a distinctive containment building with vertical turquoise accents. This facility, which began commercial operation in 1978, ceased generating electricity in 2013. The plant is currently undergoing a 50-year decommissioning process, a complex undertaking involving the safe dismantling of the nuclear reactor and site restoration. Its proximity to Lake Michigan was crucial for its cooling systems.
Driftwood lines the Kewaunee, Wisconsin shoreline of Lake Michigan, with the Kewaunee Nuclear Power Plant visible in the distance.
Driftwood accumulates along the shoreline of Lake Michigan in Kewaunee, Wisconsin, with the Kewaunee Nuclear Power Plant visible in the distance. The plant, which began commercial operation in 1978, is a significant industrial facility on the lake's western shore. The accumulation of driftwood is a natural phenomenon influenced by lake currents and weather patterns, often depositing debris along the coastline.
Submerged rocks extend into Lake Michigan near the former Kewaunee Power Station in Wisconsin.
The Kewaunee Power Station, a former nuclear power plant, is situated on the shores of Lake Michigan in Kewaunee, Wisconsin. Constructed in the early 1970s, it was one of the state's early nuclear facilities, designed to generate electricity for the region. The plant ceased operations in 2013 and has since been undergoing decommissioning. The image captures the lake's shoreline near the former plant, with a line of submerged rocks extending into the water.
The Kewaunee Nuclear Power Plant, located on Lake Michigan in Carlton, Wisconsin, ceased operations in 2013.
Kewaunee Power Station in the Town of Carlton, Wisconsin, stands on the Lake Michigan shoreline southeast of Green Bay. The single-reactor nuclear generating station began commercial operation in 1974 and was the fourth nuclear power plant built in Wisconsin. Dominion Energy permanently shut down the plant on May 7, 2013, citing unfavorable market conditions, including low wholesale electricity prices linked to inexpensive natural gas. By 2019, the reactor and auxiliary buildings remained in place on the 900-acre site as the facility continued through decommissioning.

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