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🇺🇸 Donald Cook

Name: Donald Cook
Address: United States

Nuclear power plant · United States

Operational

Capacity≈2,130 MW

Units2

First Online1975

Construction Start1969

Reactor power (NRC)100% avg · 2026-09-03

Reactor TypePWR

Coordinates41.975, -86.564

Donald Cook is a nuclear power station in United States. Of its 2 recorded unit(s), 2 reactors are operational. Combined net capacity of the operating units is about 2,130 MW. As of 2026-09-03, 2 of 2 reactors at this site were generating, according to the U.S. NRC daily status report. The first unit reached commercial operation in 1975. Reactor technology on site: PWR.

Reactor units at Donald Cook

Unit	Status	Reactor type	Net capacity	Key dates
Donald Cook-1	Operational	PWR WH 4LP (ICECDN)	1,030 MW	Construction 1969 · Grid 1975
Donald Cook-2	Operational	PWR WH 4LP (ICECDN)	1,100 MW	Construction 1969 · Grid 1978

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