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French Quarter, New Orleans
The historic heart of New Orleans with its iconic wrought-iron balconies, jazz clubs, Creole cuisine, and Bourbon Street nightlife.
39 km · about 45 min drive
Louisiana, United States · North America
Montz sits on the route: 10 minutes from Norco, 39km from French Quarter, New Orleans.
Montz is a town located in Louisiana, United States. With a population of 1,918, it is an important destination in North America.
On a road trip, Montz sits in United States, where you drive on the right. It's in the America/Chicago time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Montz to your route.
The Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3, also known as Waterford 3, is a nuclear power plant located on a 3,000-acre (1,200 ha) plot in Killona, Louisiana, in St. Charles Parish, about 25 miles (40 km) west of New Orleans.
This plant has one Combustion Engineering two-loop pressurized water reactor. The plant hasRead more
a maximum dependable capacity of 1,152 megawatts of electricity. The power station's main generator is rated at 1333.2 MVA at a 0.9 power factor (60 psi hydrogen pressure). In 2005, the plant was approved for a 8% (275 MWt) power uprate. The post-uprate nominal main generator output was rated at 1231 MW.
The reactor has a dry ambient pressure containment building.
On August 28, 2005, Waterford shut down due to Hurricane Katrina approaching and declared an unusual event, the least-serious of a four-level emergency classification scale. Shortly after Katrina, Waterford restarted and resumed normal operation.
During the 2011 Mississippi River floods, the plant was shut down briefly after a refueling shutdown on April 6, but was restarted on May 12.
The plant shut down on October 17, 2012, for steam-generator replacement. The plant returned to full power in the middle of January 2013.
The plant shut down on August 28, 2021 in preparation for Hurricane Ida. On August 29, 2021 the plant declared an “unusual event″ — its lowest level of emergency — after the facility lost offsite electrical power.
The plant shut down for on May 5th, 2025 to replace all three of its low pressure turbines as well as its 26th Refuel. The plant returned to power on June 10th of 2025.
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Montz is located in Louisiana, United States, North America. The coordinates are 30.0069 latitude, -90.4687 longitude.
Montz has a population of approximately 1,918 people, making it a town in United States.
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The historic heart of New Orleans with its iconic wrought-iron balconies, jazz clubs, Creole cuisine, and Bourbon Street nightlife.
39 km · about 45 min drive
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America's official WWII museum, offering immersive exhibits and oral histories that bring the war experience viscerally to life.
39 km · about 45 min drive
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