Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Station
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Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Station is a twin reactor nuclear power station located on a 3,300 acre (13 km²) site 2 miles east of Homestead, Florida, United States, next to Biscayne National Park located about 35 miles (56 kilometers) south of Miami, Florida near the southernmost edge of Miami-Dade County.
Turkey Point contains two Westinghouse pressurized water reactors, each supplying steam to one high pressure and two low pressure turbines with a power output rated at 760 MWe for each unit. It serves the entire southern portion of Florida.
In 1992, Turkey Point was directly hit by Hurricane Andrew causing over $90 million (1992 dollars) in damage, mainly to a water tank and to a smokestack of one of the fossil-fueled units on-site, but no damage was done to the plant's containment buildings. [1] [2]. The plant was built to withstand winds of up to 235 mph (378 km/h), highly exceeding the maximum winds recorded by category 5 hurricanes.
Florida Power & Light, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation are investigating the discovery of a small hole drilled into a pipe that helps maintain pressure inside the reactor[3].
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