Edited sentence: All of Big Rock Point's , including the  tall spherical containment structure, has been torn down.Because of its contributions to the nuclear and medical industries, the American Nuclear Society named Big Rock Point a Nuclear Historic Landmark.Consumers Energy had previously announced that Big Rock Point's operating license would not be renewed when it expired on May 31, 2000.Decommissioning costs totaled $390,000,000.Decontamination was completed in 1999.EST on August 29, 1997, 35 years to the day after its license has been issued.However, economics proved in January 1997 that it was not feasible to keep Big Rock Point running to the license's expiration date.Other than eight spent fuel casks, there are no signs that the site was home to a nuclear power plant.The 235,000-pound reactor vessel was removed on August 25 2003 and shipped to Barnwell, South Carolina on October 7, 2003.The last fuel was removed from the core on September 20.The reactor was scrammed for the last time on at 10:33 a