St. Lucie Nuclear Power Plant
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| NRC Region Two (South) |
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| Alabama |
| Bellefonte* Browns Ferry Farley |
| Florida |
| Crystal River 3 St. Lucie Turkey Point |
| Georgia |
| Hatch Vogtle |
| North Carolina |
| Brunswick McGuire Shearon Harris |
| South Carolina |
| Catawba Oconee H.B. Robinson Summer |
| Tennessee |
| Sequoyah Watts Bar |
| Virginia |
| North Anna Surry |
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* unfinished |
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| St. Lucie Nuclear Power Plant | |
| Data | |
|---|---|
| Location | St. Lucie County, Florida |
| Operator | Florida Power & Light |
| Built | 1976 |
| Reactors | |
| Reactor supplier | Combustion Engineering |
| Reactor type | Pressurized water reactor |
| Power | |
| Capacity | 1700 MW |
| Other details | |
| License expires | Unit 1:March 1, 2036 Unit 2:April 6, 2043 |
| NRC region | 2 |
St. Lucie Nuclear Power Plant is a twin nuclear power station located on Hutchinson Island, near Ft. Pierce, Florida in St. Lucie County. Both units are Combustion Engineering pressurized water reactors. Florida Power & Light commissioned the station in 1976 and continues to own and operate the station.
The plant contains two nuclear reactor containment buildings. However, the plant does not have the classic hyperboloid cooling towers found at many reactor sites; instead, it uses nearby ocean water for secondary coolant.
In 2003 the Nuclear Regulatory Commission extended the operating licenses of the St. Lucie units by twenty years, to March 1, 2036 for unit 1 and April 6, 2043 for unit 2 [1].
[edit] External links
- FPL's About St. Lucie
- DoE Page
- Eye on Wackenhut: Security Lapses at St. Lucie Nuclear Power Plant in South Florida
- St. Lucie Nuclear Power Plant is at coordinates Coordinates:
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