COOK NUCLEAR PLANT

The Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant is located on 650 acres along Lake Michigan’s eastern shoreline in Berrien County, Michigan. The plant is owned and operated by American Electric Power. At full power, the two units can generate enough electricity for more than 1.5 million homes. Welcome to our site. We invite you to explore, learn and interact.


NEWS RELEASES
COOK NUCLEAR PLANT UNIT 1 TO BEGIN REFUELING OUTAGE SATURDAY

March 20, 2025

Cook Unit 2 remains at 100 percent power. Power to customers is not expected to be disrupted by the planned Unit 1 outage.

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THE BUOY IS BACK IN TOWN

June 4, 2024

Realtime lake conditions and weather information is once again available thanks to an environmental sensing buoy located offshore the Cook Nuclear Plant.

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