Surry Nuclear Power Plant

**Surry**

Status
Utility	Dominion Virginia Power
Location	Surry County, Virginia
Reactor supplier	Westinghouse
Reactor type	Pressurized water reactor
Steam generators
Capacity	Unit 1:810 megawatts Unit 2:815 megawatts
Architect
Cost
Construction
Built
Commercial operation	Unit 1: May 25, 1972 Unit 2:January 29, 1973
License expiration	Unit 1: May 25, 2012 Unit 2:January 29, 2013

The Surry nuclear power plant in Surry County, Virginia is named for the county in which it is located. The nuclear power plant is located on an 840 acre (3.4 km²) site adjacent to the James River near historic Jamestown, Virginia. Surry is operated by Dominion Generation and owned by Dominion Resources, Inc.

The plant has two Westinghouse pressurized water reactors which went on-line in 1972 and 1973 respectively.

Surry was one of the plants analyzed in the NUREG-1150 safety analysis study.

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