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, January 1, 2008
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 |
Proposed New Nuclear Power Reactors
REACTOR |
LOCATION |
UTILITY |
PSC NEED DETERMINATION |
ESTIMATED IN SERVICE DATE |
Levy County* |
8 miles N of Crystal River Complex |
Progress |
Expect to File in March 2008 |
2016 |
Turkey Point #6 |
25 miles South of Miami |
FPL |
Filed 2007 |
2018 – 2020 |
Turkey Point #7 |
25 miles South of Miami |
FPL |
Dkt. 070650 |
2018 – 2020 |
Source: PSC report Facts and Figures of the FL Utility Industry, March 2008 and “Statistics of Florida Electric Industry”, 2007
*On August 1st, 2013 as part of a comprehensive settlement with a group representing Florida consumers Duke Energy announced termination of the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) agreement for the Levy nuclear project and consideration of a natural gas-fueled alternative but said it would continue to seek a combined construction and operating license (COL) for the project from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). A final decision will be made in the future based on “energy needs, project costs, carbon regulation, natural gas prices, existing or future legislative provisions for cost recovery, and the requirements of the NRC’s COL” and other factors. About $1 billion had been spent on the preparatory work for the Levy nuclear project.