Nuclear Energy
Nuclear Energy
Nuclear energy provides large-scale, carbon-free electric power generation today and will remain a major contributor to our future power needs. Florida universities have the only nuclear training reactor in the South East U.S. The control system of this training nuclear reactor is being converted from analog to digital to provide the only digital training reactor in the U.S.
Florida Nuclear Power Reactors
|
REACTOR |
LOCATION |
UTILITY |
IN SERVICE |
MAX CAPACITY (MW) |
SUMMER (MW) |
WINTER (MW) |
|
Turkey Point #3 |
25 miles South Miami |
FPL |
Dec 1972 |
760 |
693 |
717 |
|
Turkey Point #4 |
25 miles South Miami |
FPL |
Sep 1973 |
760 |
693 |
717 |
|
St. Lucie #1 St |
12 miles SE of Ft. Pierce |
FPL |
May 1976 |
850 |
777 |
790 |
|
St. Lucie #2 St |
12 miles SE of Ft. Pierce |
FPL |
Jun 1983 |
892 |
777 |
790 |
Source: FPL and United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission
