Basket catch

The Seabrook Station pulls in half a million gallons of seawater per minute and transports it three miles--from the ocean into its turbine building for cooling. But what about the fish? This is a serious concern because of the impact on the local ecosystem and fish populations. In normal conditions, the in-take pipes, which are about eight feet above the ocean floor, don't take in very much debris from the sea. You can see a few starfish and seaweed from the screens that take out debris. However, on stormy days, they need to continually empty out this basket and throw away the debris.