Aquaria Nuclear Generating Station
The Aquaria Nuclear Generating Station (Crandan: Aquaria Atomenergiezentrum, abbreviated AAZ) is a nuclear power station located approximately 12 kilometers east of Johannsessbuurg in the Free Duchy of Anglien. The station's current gross electric capacity of approximately 1,880 megawatts is supplied by two Glacei Electric Mark IV boiling water reactors operating commercially since the early 1740 ANs, making it the largest nuclear plant in the former Arminian states. The plant supplies approximately 1.2 million homes across Anglien and the western Lac Glacei grid and is a designated critical infrastructure asset under the Charter of Anglien.
The station was constructed between 1735 AN and 1742 AN by the Grand Duchy of Lac Glacei at a cost of 250 million Lac Glaceian blanc and named for the ancient nation of Aquaria, whose capital site lies a few kilometers from the modern plant. Operational responsibility was transferred from the Lac Glaceian central authority to the Council of Ministers of Anglien under the Lac Glacei Act of 23.XII.1754 AN, and the station now operates as a public utility under the Ministry of Territorial Affairs through the Anglien Public Utility Office.
Since II.1755 AN, the station has been the subject of the Aquaria Modernization and Expansion Program (AMEP; Crandish: Programma fonn Modernizatie en Uitbreideng fonn Aquaria), the duchy's largest single capital project of the post-Charter period and the largest civilian nuclear undertaking on western Apollonia outside the Natopian domestic program. AMEP combines a life-extension refurbishment of the original two units with the construction of two new reactor units, the integration of large-scale desalination and district-heating infrastructure, and the development of a domestic nuclear engineering workforce through partnership with the Technical Institute of Anglien. The program is financed through a combination of sovereign Anglian bonds, supplementary CATO grant transfers, and equity participation by industrial consortia from Natopia and Constancia, alongside the New Alexandrian investment in the new-build units. Total program cost is estimated at AM 16 to 18 billion, with full completion targeted for 1768 AN.
The station combines pre-occupation Lac Glaceian engineering continuity with post-Charter institutional reform. The Lac Glaceian engineering staff who maintained the plant through the NKR occupation form the core of the current operating organization, supplemented by Anglian, Natopian, and Constancian specialists working under the AMEP partnership and by graduates of the Technical Institute of Anglien's nuclear engineering programme.
Aquaria Modernization and Expansion Program
The Aquaria Modernization and Expansion Program, commonly abbreviated AMEP (Crandish: Programma fonn Modernizatie en Uitbreideng fonn Aquaria), is the duchy's flagship reconstruction-era capital project. The program combines life-extension refurbishment of Units 1 and 2 with the construction of two new reactor units, the addition of large-scale desalination and district-heating infrastructure, and the development of a domestic nuclear engineering workforce. AMEP was authorized by the Diet of Anglien under the Aquaria Modernization Act of 14.II.1755 AN, with first works in Phase 1 commencing in IV.1755 AN and full program completion targeted for 1768 AN.
See also
- Anglien
- Council of Ministers of Anglien
- Aquaria Modernization and Expansion Program
- Aquaria Modernization Act
- Anglien Public Utility Office
- Anglien Nuclear Safety Authority
- Lac Glacei Act
- Charter of Anglien
- Aquaria
- Rhinford
- Technical Institute of Anglien
- Glacei Electric
- Natopian Reactor Systems
- Hurmu Stikrekstilstyrelsen
- Constancian Energy Cooperative
