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{{Noticeline|For the level in ''[[The Simpsons Road Rage]]'', see [[Nuclear Power Plant (Simpsons Road Rage)]]}}
{{Noticeline|For the level in ''[[The Simpsons Skateboarding]]'', see [[Power Plant (Simpsons Skateboarding)]]}}
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|name = Springfield Nuclear Power Plant
|image = [[File:Springfield Nuclear Power Plant.png|250px]]
|district = 100 Industrial Way
|town = [[Springfield]]
|use = Energy Source
|owner = [[Charles Montgomery Burns]]
|appearance = "[[Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire]]"
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{{Quote|A Tense Workplace is a Productive Workplace|Motto|The Simpsons Uncensored Family Album}}
The '''Springfield Nuclear Power Plant''' is a nuclear power plant owned by [[Mr. Burns]] and the main source of power in Springfield. It has 2 reactors and 2 cooling towers.

== Profile ==
[[File:Power Plant chain of command.png|thumbnail|right|The power plant's chain of command, as seen in "[[C.E. D'oh]]".]]
The plant is notorious for being poorly maintained, largely due to owner [[Charles Montgomery Burns]]' miserliness and safety inspector [[Homer Simpson]]'s incompetence. A surprise inspection found over 342 violations with an estimated $56 million required to bring the plant up to code, money which Burns refused to spend. Notable safety violations that have been seen include luminous rats in the bowels of the building, pipes and drums leaking [[radioactive waste]], the disposal of waste in a children's playground, plutonium used as a paperweight, cracked cooling towers (fixed in one episode using a piece of chewing gum), skeletons in the basement, dangerously high Geiger counter readings around the perimeter of the plant, flashing red alert signs being ignored by employees, the creation of a mutant subspecies of three-eyed fish and a horrific giant spider. The Emergency Exits are simply painted on.<ref name="The Last Temptation of Homer">"[[The Last Temptation of Homer]]"</ref>

The reactors are Fissionator 1952 Slow-Fission Reactors. The plant has come close to meltdowns multiple times but has always avoided catastrophe, often due to Homer's luck. According to Lenny and Carl, Homer showed up the day [[Mr. Burns]] opened the plant, although sources say that Homer applied for the nuclear technician job sometime after the plant was opened. 

Security is also shown to be lax, as a ten-year-old spy from [[Albania]] disguised as a foreign exchange student named [[Adil]] took pictures and got information of the plant simply by asking Homer for a tour.<ref>"[[The Crepes of Wrath]]"</ref>

== Layout ==
=== Sector 7-G ===
[[File:Springfield Nuclear Power Plant 6.png|thumb|left|Sector 7-G]]
Sector 7-G is the location of Homer Simpson's workstation, used to help prevent a meltdown in the reactor core. Homer works on a T-437 Safety Console<ref>"[[Bart on the Road]]"</ref> which displays many buttons and features, including a meter that shows the temperature of the core and a button that controls the emergency override circuit which must be pressed in the event of a meltdown. It also contained a self-destruct button for the plant. Emergency doors lock down Sector 7-G whenever a meltdown is imminent. The doors directly behind the Safety Console lead to the Heavy Water Piping Facility.<ref>"[[Boy Meets Curl]]"</ref>

Sector 7-G was once referred to by Mr Burns as a 'testicle-shrivelling torture chamber' and the people who work there have at various times been classed as 'organ banks', 'seat-moisteners' and 'fork and spoon operators'.

=== Cooling Towers ===
The plant has two Cooling Towers. They both appear the same color with the design of an atom with its nucleus and electrons pictured. Coffee mugs, pencil holders and other cylindrical based shapes can be seen around the plant in the style of the cooling towers.

=== Mr. Burns' office ===
[[File:Springfield Nuclear Power Plant 3.png|right|thumb|Mr. Burns' Office]]
Mr. Burns' Office is located at the top floor of the plant. His office contains multiple trap doors that drop unwanted visitors far from the office (at least one of which contained a pool filled with electric eels<ref name="C.E. D'oh">"[[C.E. D'oh]]"</ref>) and suction tubes from the ceiling that can send people to an area in the Middle East which, according to [[Smithers]], was there before Mr. Burns worked at the plant.<ref name="The Last Temptation of Homer"/> Mr Burns' desk hides several buttons that can trigger the traps in the room and also call security.<ref>"[[Dog of Death]]"</ref> There is a small array of security screens on the wall, and the bookcases conceal an escape pod and a germ-proof vault. Mr. Burns' office also contains a stuffed mounted polar bear which conceals a secret access-way, or 'corpse hatch' which leads to the sewers. Mr. Burns used it to dump the body of Smithers' father after he died while preventing a core meltdown many years ago.<ref>"[[The Blunder Years]]"</ref> There is also a balcony behind a large window.

=== Cafeteria ===
The Plant cafeteria is where the Nuclear Power Plant staff have their lunches. There is a rotating cake tray which is turned by a man pushing on a level on a giant wheel and axle a few meters under the Cafeteria.<ref>"[[Rosebud]]"</ref>

=== Decontamination Showers ===
A shower room where the staff members of the Plant wash themselves at the end of each work day. It was once shown that these showers have a tendency to spout fire.<ref name="C.E. D'oh"/>

=== Auditorium ===
The Nuclear Power Plant has a large auditorium where awards to staff members are given and company wide meetings are held.<ref>"[[Kiss Kiss Bang Bangalore]]"</ref>

=== Employee Break Room ===
[[File:Springfield Nuclear Power Plant 4.png|thumb|right|The Employee Break Room]]
A break room where the staff spend their coffee breaks. The room is usually stocked with coffee and donuts. There is a bulletin board on the wall that has a poster showing how to perform the Heimlich Maneuver.<ref>"[[Homer at the Bat]]"</ref>

== Non-canon ==
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=== The Future ===
It is revealed that the plant is going to eventually upgrade the number of cooling towers (and possibly reactors) from two to at least five, perhaps as a response to the future growth of Springfield or its energy demand.<ref>"[[Future-Drama]]"</ref><ref name="Lisa's Wedding">"[[Lisa's Wedding]]"</ref>

A decade in the future, [[Lenny]] and [[Carl]] have been promoted to the executive board, while [[Milhouse Van Houten]] has become a supervisor. The plant is operated mainly by robots but Homer still retains his familiar position at Sector 7G.<ref name="Lisa's Wedding"/> [[Smithers]] jumps into the cooling towers and also dies, age 50.<ref>"[[Flanders' Ladder]]"</ref>

It is also known that it will have many lawsuits, as written in the billboard at the entrance ("Still operating, despite lawsuits").

=== Video Games ===
In ''[[The Simpsons Road Rage]]'', a level called "{{ap|Nuclear Power Plant|Simpsons Road Rage}}" is unlockable. Despite its name, the power plant is not the only location within the level and other locations include the [[Springfield Mall]] and the [[Springfield Stadium]]. However, the power plant does take up a large section of the area and Homer's workstation can be found within one of the cooling towers.

In ''[[The Simpsons Skateboarding]]'', the power plant is a playable {{ap|Power Plant|Simpsons Skateboarding|level}}.

In ''[[The Simpsons: Hit & Run]]'', the power plant is connected to [[Burns' manor]] and the [[Stonecutters' Tunnel]]. There is a car park by the main entrance with a reactor with a 'Vent' button on it. Pressing the button causes radioactive emissions, even though the button says 'Do Not Press!'. The inside of the plant can be driven/walked through. Near the entrance are a number of platforms that can be climbed on foot. Homer's workstation is also near the entrance and pulling a lever within the workstation can cause what appears to be a meltdown. The main core has pipes leaking radioactive waste.

In the final level of the game, the radioactive waste plays a major role as it is the only thing capable of defeating [[Kang]] and [[Kodos]]. Barrels of waste must be picked up from the plant and taken to the schoolyard where their spaceship is located.

=== The Simpsons: Tapped Out ===
==== Cooling Towers ====
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=== Lego Dimensions ===
In "[[Lego Dimensions]]", the power plant is one of the main areas for the Springfield part of the game's storyline. Lord Business (from "{{W|The Lego Movie}}") kidnaps Homer and steals an [[Inanimate Carbon Rod]] to deliver to Lord Vortech. Mr. Burns' office is then destroyed by a huge mech operated by [[The Joker]].

== Behind the Laughter ==
[[File:NPP Visitors G1.jpg|thumb|right|Visitors guide Side 1]]<br>[[File:NPP Visitors G2.jpg|thumb|right|Visitors guide Side 2]]
The design and folly of Springfield Nuclear Power Plant is often rumored to be based on the real life Trojan Nuclear Power Plant near [[Matt Groening]]'s hometown of Portland, Oregon, or the Hanford Site in southeastern Washington state. However, Antonia Coffman, Groening's publicist, has said that the Springfield plant's design is generic and that "the Springfield Nuclear Power plant was not based on the Trojan Plant or any other power plant in the country."<ref>{{cite news|last=LaBoe|first=Barbara|url=http://www.tdn.com/articles/2006/05/14/area_news/news07.txt|title='Simpsons' keeps Trojan tower legacy alive ... or does it?|publisher=The Daily News|page=A1|date=2006-05-14|accessdate=2006-05-28}}</ref> Trojan Nuclear Power Plant opened in 1976 and was infamous for its poor construction and maintenance, resulting in steam generator leaks which ultimately caused the plant to close in 1993 (although other plants replaced theirs). The cooling tower of the Trojan nuclear power plant was finally demolished on May 21, 2006.

== Trivia ==
*A cawing crow is heard in nearly every establishing shot of the power plant; this is parodied in "[[Kiss Kiss Bang Bangalore]]", in which a cow can be heard mooing during an outside shot of the India based power plant.
*The SNPP maintains a map of the United States indicating the status of all of the various nuclear facilities. Homer's job includes replacing most of the burnt out lightbulbs on the map.
*The wall that Homer faces in his work station changes between episodes. In some episodes the wall is a window showing reactor piping; in others it is a map of nuclear sites around the country, a solid wall, or a wall with a plaque saying "Don't forget: you're here forever" that has been rearranged by Homer to say "Do it for her" with pictures of Maggie.
*Homer has had several different supervisors: [[Barry Mackleberry|the father]] of [[Sherri and Terri]],<ref>"[[Homer's Odyssey]]"</ref><ref>"[[Dancin' Homer]]"</ref> his former assistant [[Eugene Fisk]],<ref>"[[Homer's Night Out]]"</ref> {{ap|Ted|The Devil Wears Nada}},<ref name="The Devil Wears Nada">"[[The Devil Wears Nada]]"</ref> [[Carl Carlson]],<ref name="The Devil Wears Nada"/><ref>"[[Blood Feud]]"</ref> [[Homer's supervisor|an unnamed one]],<ref>"[[Midnight Rx]]"</ref> [[Moe Szyslak]]<ref>"[[My Fare Lady]]"</ref> as well as a future vison where his supervisor is [[Milhouse Van Houten]] who Homer calls, "Mr. Milhouse."<ref name="Lisa's Wedding"/>
*The plant's condition has actually deteriorated over the last few years. In one early episode, Smithers estimates that it would cost $56 million to bring the plant up to code, while in a later episode the new German owners of the plant discover that the cost has soared to $100 million.
*The unofficial Simpsons Archive website (http://www.simpsonsarchive.com/) is named after the power plant.
*Sector 7G has the same alphanumeric code as the production code of [[season 1]], which was 7GXX.

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