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The Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant, more commonly known as '''Seabrook Station''', is a Nuclear Power Plant located in Seabrook, New Hampshire , approximately 60 mi (100 km) north of Boston and 10 mi (16 km) south of Portsmouth, NH . The station is one of four nuclear generating stations operated primarily by Florida Power & Light (FPL). Although the construction permit for the plant was granted in 1976 , the station's operation was delayed because of politics and controversy. It began operating at full power in 1990 . Initially two reactors were planned, but the second unit was never completed due to troubles obtaining financing. The second reactor building was mothballed and eventually removed. The plant was originally owned by more than 6 separate companies, most of which sold their stake to Florida Power & Light in 2002. FPL now owns 88.2% of Seabrook Station. LOCAL OPPOSITION The 1976 controversy involved the Clamshell Alliance , an organization formed to protest the construction of the plant. Several small demonstrations at the site occurred in the lead-up to a massive occupation of Seabrook. More than 2,000 members of the Clamshell Alliance occupied the site in April, 1977. 1,414 of the activists were arrested and held for two weeks refusing bail. Opposition to the plant has been generally quiet since construction was completed, although there is some public concern about security. Another vocal opponent of the plant was former Massachusetts Governor, Michael Dukakis , who blocked the opening for several years, due to environmental issues, as well as the fact that an adequate emergency evacuation plan had not been established to his satisfaction. (The NRC had stipulated that workable evacutation plans needed to be in place for all towns within a ten-mile radius of the plant, and four of those towns were in Massachusetts, and thus Governor Dukakis' approval was needed to move forward.) TECHNICAL DETAILS
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