Marble Hill Nuclear Plant

Marble hill nuclear power station was an unfinished nuclear power plant in saluda township jefferson county near hanover indiana usa in 1984 the public service company of indiana announced it was abandoning the half finished nuclear power plant on which 2 5 billion had already been spent.
Marble hill nuclear plant. Abandoned nuclear power plant. In 1973 public service indiana psi now owned by cinergy proposed a nuclear power generating plant at marble hill. Located approximately 45 minutes. The political and environmental.
The marble hill facility is the only public steam turbine nuclear power plant constructed in the state of indiana. Marble hill nuclear power plant is a now demolished never completed power generating facility in marble hill indiana. At that time there was concern. Marble hill nuclear power station was an unfinished nuclear power plant in saluda township jefferson county near hanover indiana usa in 1984 the public service company of indiana announced it was abandoning the half finished nuclear power plant on which 2 5 billion had already been spent.
Some of the surrounding properties are still occupied so explorers beware. Nabb indiana tucked neatly away in the farmlands of nabb indiana lies the marble hill nuclear power plant. Purdue university s reactor one was constructed in 1962 but its status as a private research reactor means it operates well below boiling conditions and is not a public power provider. All work stopped in 1984 after 2 7 billion had been expended.
In 1973 when marble hill was first proposed public service indiana psi now duke energy said the construction cost would be a whopping 700 million the largest capital project in indiana history. Proposed by public service indiana psi later cinergy in 1973 the marble hill nuclear power generating plant had a 700 million price tag which had doubled by the time construction began in. This is one of the more unique abandoned properties in indiana not only for its previous life s purpose but for the way it remains today.