The Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant is located on 650 acres along Lake Michigan’s eastern shoreline in Berrien County, Michigan. The plant is owned and operated by American Electric Power. At full power, the two units can generate enough electricity for more than 1.5 million homes. Welcome to our site. We invite you to explore, learn and interact.
March 22, 2024
The unit will have operated for 12,023 hours during its last cycle at a capacity factor of 99.4 percent, generating 14,094,064 megawatt-hours of (net) electricity.
February 27, 2024
The employees of Cook Nuclear Plant have shown their generosity and culinary skills by organizing a series of lunch picnics and cook-offs to raise money for community and charitable organizations.
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