Crystal River 3 Nuclear Power Plant - Crystal River, FL
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lazyCachers
N 28° 54.645 W 082° 41.523
17R E 335040 N 3199275
The power plant is located on the Crystal River and the coordinates were taken from Fort Island Beach, Florida where the power plant is very visible and prominent.
Waymark Code: WM61KA
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 03/17/2009
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The energy complex is the second largest power-producing facility in the nation and the largest east of the Mississippi. The sprawling facility covers 4,700 acres and generates nearly 3,200 megawatts of electricity. One megawatt serves approximately 800 homes so we’re talking about a plant that serves nearly 2.6 million homes!
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The Crystal River 3 Nuclear Power Plant, also simply called the Crystal River Nuclear Power Plant, is a nuclear power plant located in Crystal River, Florida. The power plant is the third plant built (hence its name) as part of the 4,700 acre (19 km²) Crystal River Energy Complex which contains a single pressurized water reactor, while sharing the site with four fossil fuel power plants. The reactor is rated to produce 914 megawatts of electric power. It is a Babcock and Wilcox pressurized water reactor.
Crystal River was originally owned by Florida Progress Corporation (and operated by its subsidiary, Florida Power Corporation) but, in 2000, it was bought by Carolina Power & Light to form the new company, Progress Energy, which currently runs the plant. Progress Energy owns 91.8% of the plant; the remainder is owned by nine municipal utilities.
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