Springfield Nuclear Power Plant
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The Springfield Nuclear Power Plant is the accident-prone workplace of Homer Simpson and a central setting in the animated television series "The Simpsons," symbolizing corporate greed, environmental hazards, and satirical takes on nuclear energy.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Springfield Nuclear Power Plant canonical | 19 |
| Shelbyville Nuclear Power Plant | 1 |
| Springfield Nuclear Power Plant Sector 7-G vicinity | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3871260 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Springfield Nuclear Power Plant Context triple: [The Simpsons, notableLocation, Springfield Nuclear Power Plant]
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A.
Salem Nuclear Power Plant
Salem Nuclear Power Plant is a commercial nuclear power station in Lower Alloways Creek Township, New Jersey, that generates electricity using pressurized water reactors along the Delaware River.
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B.
Hatch Nuclear Power Plant
Hatch Nuclear Power Plant is a commercial nuclear power generating facility in Georgia that supplies electricity to the regional grid as part of Southern Company's energy portfolio.
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C.
Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station
The Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station is a nuclear power plant complex located on the shore of Lake Erie in Michigan, known for housing multiple reactor units including the Fermi 2 boiling water reactor.
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D.
Pickering Nuclear Generating Station
Pickering Nuclear Generating Station is a large Canadian nuclear power plant on the shore of Lake Ontario that has been a major source of electricity for the Greater Toronto Area.
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E.
Vogtle Electric Generating Plant
Vogtle Electric Generating Plant is a major nuclear power facility in Georgia, USA, notable for hosting some of the first newly constructed commercial nuclear reactors in the country in decades.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Springfield Nuclear Power Plant Target entity description: The Springfield Nuclear Power Plant is the accident-prone workplace of Homer Simpson and a central setting in the animated television series "The Simpsons," symbolizing corporate greed, environmental hazards, and satirical takes on nuclear energy.
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A.
Salem Nuclear Power Plant
Salem Nuclear Power Plant is a commercial nuclear power station in Lower Alloways Creek Township, New Jersey, that generates electricity using pressurized water reactors along the Delaware River.
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B.
Hatch Nuclear Power Plant
Hatch Nuclear Power Plant is a commercial nuclear power generating facility in Georgia that supplies electricity to the regional grid as part of Southern Company's energy portfolio.
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C.
Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station
The Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station is a nuclear power plant complex located on the shore of Lake Erie in Michigan, known for housing multiple reactor units including the Fermi 2 boiling water reactor.
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D.
Pickering Nuclear Generating Station
Pickering Nuclear Generating Station is a large Canadian nuclear power plant on the shore of Lake Ontario that has been a major source of electricity for the Greater Toronto Area.
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E.
Vogtle Electric Generating Plant
Vogtle Electric Generating Plant is a major nuclear power facility in Georgia, USA, notable for hosting some of the first newly constructed commercial nuclear reactors in the country in decades.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional location
ⓘ
fictional power plant ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Simpsons ⓘ |
| associatedCharacter |
Carl Carlson
ⓘ
Charles Montgomery Burns ⓘ
linked to:
Mr. Burns
Frank Grimes ⓘ Homer Simpson ⓘ Lenny Leonard ⓘ Waylon Smithers ⓘ |
| associatedTheme |
corporate ethics
ⓘ
environmentalism ⓘ labor relations ⓘ workplace safety ⓘ |
| countryInFiction |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| departmentOfEmployment | Sector 7-G ⓘ |
| employerOf |
Carl Carlson
ⓘ
Frank Grimes ⓘ Homer Simpson ⓘ Lenny Leonard ⓘ Waylon Smithers ⓘ |
| environmentalImpactInFiction |
pollution of local river
ⓘ
radioactive waste dumping ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
The Simpsons season 1
ⓘ
“Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire” (implied setting) ⓘ |
| genreAssociation |
dark comedy
ⓘ
satire ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
Sector 7-G
ⓘ
control room ⓘ cooling towers ⓘ |
| hasOwnerInFiction | Mr. Burns ⓘ |
| hasSecurityFeature | guard shack ⓘ |
| jobTitleOfHomerSimpson | safety inspector ⓘ |
| locatedInFictionalUniverse | Springfield ⓘ |
| managedBy | Waylon Smithers ⓘ |
| medium | animated television series ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | central setting in The Simpsons ⓘ |
| notableIncident |
meltdown near-misses
ⓘ
multiple radiation leaks ⓘ three-eyed fish Blinky mutation ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
Charles Montgomery Burns
ⓘ
linked to:
Chief Wiggum
|
| portrayedAs |
cost-cutting
ⓘ
poorly regulated ⓘ unsafe ⓘ |
| primaryEnergySource | nuclear fission ⓘ |
| safetyRecord | accident-prone ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
corporate greed
ⓘ
environmental hazards ⓘ satire of nuclear energy industry ⓘ |
| workplaceOf | Homer Simpson ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Springfield Nuclear Power Plant Description of subject: The Springfield Nuclear Power Plant is the accident-prone workplace of Homer Simpson and a central setting in the animated television series "The Simpsons," symbolizing corporate greed, environmental hazards, and satirical takes on nuclear energy.
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Springfield Nuclear Power Plant
linked to: Springfield Nuclear Power Plant
subject linked to:
The Simpsons episode "Homer's Odyssey"
subject linked to:
The Simpsons episode "Homer's Odyssey"
subject linked to:
"The Burns Cage"