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The McGuire Nuclear Station is a nuclear power plant located about 17 miles (27 km) northwest of Charlotte, North Carolina, on the state's largest lake, Lake Norman. It is a 32,500-acre (13,200 ha) lake created in 1963 by Duke Power for the Cowans Ford Hydroelectric Station. The McGuire units use the lake's water for cooling.
The "observation room" of NC State's Pulstar Nuclear Reactor. The PULSTAR reactor is situated along Engineering Row in the main campus, surrounded by Mann Hall, 111 Lampe Drive, Polk Hall, and a park. The reactor has a dedicated building and uses one cooling tower; it releases water vapor when the reactor is at high power.
The Harris Nuclear Plant is a nuclear power plant with a single Westinghouse designed pressurized-water nuclear reactor operated by Duke Energy. It was named in honor of W. Shearon Harris, former president of Carolina Power & Light (predecessor of Progress Energy Inc. ). [ 2 ]
Pages in category "Nuclear power plants in North Carolina" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Construction on a small modular nuclear reactor Duke wants to build at Belews Creek could start as soon as 2030 and end by 2034, according to the utility’s recent filing. ... Duke also wants to ...
This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of North Carolina, sorted by type and name. In 2022, North Carolina had a total summer capacity of 35,391 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 134,257 GWh. [ 2 ]
A 2017 nuclear construction fiasco seemingly ended hope that two reactors would be built in South Carolina. Could the project be restarted? Years after nuclear fiasco soaked ratepayers, leaders ...
The site contains two General Electric boiling water reactors, which are cooled by water collected from the Cape Fear River and discharged into the Atlantic Ocean. Duke Energy Progress is the majority owner (81.7%) and operator of the Brunswick nuclear plant. The North Carolina Eastern Municipal Power Agency owns the remaining 18.3%.