![]() (A commenter below says that it was not a very well-kept secret.) I can’t imagine the secret was too closely guarded, but I can’t know. Right there – right off of Day Hill Road in the woods next to the landfill near Northwest Park, behind what is now a bunch of businesses and a new massive “mixed use” complex, near the Farmington River… for over 30 years… was a nuclear reactor and testing station.Īpparently, the true nature of the facility was secret. ![]() I don’t remember when I first learned of this surprising fact, but I do recall being, well, being surprised. But there was another nuclear reactor here from 1959 to 1993 in… Windsor. We used to have another – Connecticut Yankee in Haddam, now decommissioned – and there are, of course, nuclear submarines stationed in Groton. Religion, Remembrances, Statuary, & Outdoor ArtĬonnecticut is currently home to one nuclear powerplant: Millstone in Waterford.Towers, Bridges, Forts, Tunnels, Roads, Canals, Dams, Fishways, Airports, & Ferries.Houses, Communities, Urban Legends, Lighthouses, Libraries, Schools, Businesses, & Theaters.Sports, Thrills, Cruises, Trains, Fairs, Parades, & Events.Animals, Farms, Gardens, Plants, Trees, Rocks, Waterfalls, & Caves.Firsts, Onlies, Oldests, Largests, Longests, Mosts, Smallests, & Bests.Homemade Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails.Best, Historic, & Unique Restaurants & Foods. ![]() Cycling, Multi-Use, & Rails-to-Trails Paths.Audubon, Nature Conservancy, RWA, and US Army Corps of Engineers Trails. ![]() State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites. ![]()
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