Surry Nuclear Power Plant
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The Surry nuclear power plant is located in Surry County in southeastern Virginia. The power station lies on an 840 acre (3.4 km²) site adjacent to the James River across from Jamestown, slightly upriver from Smithfield and Newport News. Surry is operated by Dominion Generation and owned by Dominion Resources, Inc.
The plant has two triple-loop Westinghouse pressurized water reactors which went on-line in 1972 and 1973 respectively. Each reactor produces approximately 800 megawatts of power, for a combined plant output of 1.6 gigawatts. Surry Power Station draws its condenser cycle water directly from the James River, removing the need for the imposing cooling towers often associated with nuclear plants. Repeated testing shows that Surry Power Station has minimal environmental impact and releases virtually no radiation or harmful emissions.
The station site was originally designed for four units; however, only two reactors were built. With increasing energy demands in the United States, it is possible that more reactors will be built at Surry in the next few decades.
The Surry plant is similar in appearance and design to its "sister plant" North Anna Power Station, located north of Richmond.
Surry was one of the plants analyzed in the NUREG-1150 safety analysis study.
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- Dominion's nuclear page
- DoE Page
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