Alan R. Barton Plant

The Alan R. Barton Nuclear Plant was a proposed commercial nuclear power plant in central Alabama.

Proposed plant

Alabama Power Company proposed constructing four 1,159 MWe General Electric Boiling Water Reactors at the site approximately 15 miles southeast of Clanton, Alabama.[1] [2]

The proposed plant was named after Alabama Power Company Senior Vice President Alan R. Barton.[3]

The proposed plant was identified by the acronym ABNP in Nuclear Regulatory Commission correspondence. [4]

1970s cancellation

Barton 3 & 4 were canceled in 1975 while under 10CFR50 Construction Permit (CP) review. Two years later, Barton 1 & 2 were canceled during the CP review process as well.[1]

Reactor data

The nuclear power plant was to have had four units:

Unit Reactor
type		 Net
capacity		 Gross-
capacity		 Planned Canceled
Barton-1 [5] General Electric Boiling Water Reactor (BWR/6) 1.209 MW 1.254 MW 1972 01.11.1977
Barton-2 [6] General Electric Boiling Water Reactor (BWR/6) 1.209 MW 1.254 MW 1972 01.11.1977
Barton-3 [7] General Electric Boiling Water Reactor (BWR/6) 1.209 MW 1.254 MW 1974 01.11.1975
Barton-4 [8] General Electric Boiling Water Reactor (BWR/6) 1.209 MW 1.254 MW 1974 01.11.1975

References
  1. NUREG-1350 (Volume 18), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission: August 2006.
  2. D. F. Cope; H. F. Bauman (November 1977). Expansion Potential for Existing Nuclear Power Station Sites (PDF) (Report). National Technical Information Service. pp. 16–21. ORNL/TM-5927. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-02-11. Retrieved 23 February 2017 – via Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
  3. NRC letter GL79054
  4. NUREG-0544 (Rev. 4), NRC Collection of Abbreviations
  5. Barton 1 on the PRIS of the IAEA
  6. Barton 2 on the PRIS of the IAEA
  7. Barton 3 on the PRIS of the IAEA
  8. Barton 4 on the PRIS of the IAEA
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