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The Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3, also known as Waterford 3, is a Nuclear Power Plant located on a 3,000-acre (12-km²) up-river from Hahnville, Louisiana , in St. Charles Parish . This plant has one Combustion Engineering two-loop Pressurized Water Reactor . The plant produces 1,164 Megawatts of Electricity since the power uprate implemented in July 2005 and has a dry ambient pressure Containment Building . Waterford is operated by Entergy Nuclear and is owned by Entergy Louisiana, Inc. On August 28 , 2005 , Waterford shut down due to Hurricane Katrina approaching and declared an unusual event. Shortly after Katrina, Waterford restarted and now is in normal operation. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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