Zion in decommissioning

I visited Zion Nuclear Power Plant, 50 miles or so north of Chicago on Lake Michigan. The plant was shuttered in 1998.

Containment door open to one of the units. Reactor vessels are being sectioned for shipment and disposal.

Turbines being salvaged for some parts that can be used as replacement stock at other plants or recycled (because they are non-radioactive). 

Another view of the turbine hall.

The control room. Only a few circuits and annunciators remain operable for in-service systems. Spent fuel has been offloaded from the fuel pool to dry cask storage on-site.

Carbon-free energy

Visited Doel NPP in Belgium in May and took this shot of an old windmill in front of  the cooling towers used for Doel 3 & 4. The town of Doel adjacent to the plant is largely abandoned due to the expansion of the port of Antwerp.