Defunct U.S. nuclear power plant operation company
Nuclear Management Company was a contract/operations firm that operated six
nuclear power plants in the midwest US. NMC provided operational collaborations between plants. NMC did not own the plants, nor the energy produced from them. NMC's corporate headquarters were in
Hudson, Wisconsin. As of September 2008 the operating licenses for the last two plants overseen by NMC,
Monticello[1] and
Prairie Island,[2] were transferred to
Northern States Power Company (a wholly owned subsidiary of
Xcel Energy), the owner of the plants. All personnel and assets of NMC were transferred to NSP, rendering NMC defunct.
History
NMC was formed in February 1999 by four utilities:
Alliant Energy Nuclear,
NSP Nuclear Corporation,
WEC Nuclear Nuclear Corporation, and
WPS Nuclear Corporation.
Consumers Energy joined and became an investor in 2000. Alliant Energy, WPS, WEC and Consumers Energy left NMC when they sold their nuclear plants. NSP reacquired the operating license for Monticello and Prairie Island in September 2008. At that time, the remaining NMC structure was incorporated into NSP.
The idea behind NMC was to gain synergy through operating multiple plants under different owners, emphasizing industry best practices. They implemented safety protocols such as A.C.E.M.A.N., which was a daily safety standup where every on-site person was polled
A = accident free
C = control dose
E = event free
M = meet commitments
A = attend training
N = No re-work
Point Beach is located in
Two Rivers, Wisconsin. The plant was owned by
We Energies, a unit of
Wisconsin Energy Corporation. Point Beach is a two unit
PWR, with Unit 1 licensed through 2030 and Unit 2 licensed through 2033. An agreement to sell the plant to a subsidiary of FPL Group was reached in December, 2006, and completed in 2007.
Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant
Prairie Island is located in
Red Wing, Minnesota. Prairie Island is also owned by
NSP, now part of
Xcel Energy. Prairie Island is a two unit
PWR, with Unit 1 licensed through 2033 and Unit 2 licensed through 2034.
Duane Arnold Energy Center (sold in 2006)
DAEC, located in
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is Iowa's only nuclear power plant. It was originally owned by
Alliant Energy-
Interstate Power and Light (70%) and two co-op utilities (30%) when NMC formed. On January 27, 2006,
FPL took Alliant Energy's 70% ownership of the plant. DAEC is no longer part of NMC and is operated by FPL. DAEC is a
BWR licensed through 2034.