St. Lucie Power Plant - FL - Nuclear Power Plants on Waymarking.com

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. (The text above was copied from wikipedia.com.)

Quick facts

* Located on Hutchinson Island about eight miles southeast of Ft. Pierce
* Two nuclear power units:
o Unit 1 began operation in 1976
o Unit 2 following in 1983
* Generates about 1,700 million watts of electricity -- enough power to supply the annual needs of more than 500,000 homes
* Reactor manufacturer - Combustion Engineering
* Turbine Generator Manufacturer - Westinghouse
* A safe, reliable and low-cost producer of electricity

Operational: Yes Visitor Center: Yes Year Built: 01/01/1970 Web Address: [Web Link] Year Retired: Not listed

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