Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant

Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant
Block 1 of the nuclear power plant
location
Coordinates	35 ° 38 ′ 0 ″  N , 78 ° 57 ′ 18 ″  W Coordinates: 35 ° 38 ′ 0 ″  N , 78 ° 57 ′ 18 ″  W
Country:	United States
Data
Owner:	Progress Energy
Operator:	Progress Energy
Project start:	1971
Commercial operation:	May 2, 1987
Active reactors (gross):	1 (960 MW)
Energy fed in in 2017:	7,821 GWh
Energy fed in since commissioning:	207,360 GWh
Website:	Harris Plant (English)
Was standing:	June 2018
The data source of the respective entries can be found in the documentation .

The Shearon Harris nuclear power plant ( English Shearon Harris Nuclear Generating Station ) is located near New Hill in the US state of North Carolina about 30 kilometers southwest of the capital Raleigh . It has been in operation since 1987 and consists of a block with a pressurized water reactor with a net output of 900  megawatts .

history

The project planning began in 1971. A quadruple plant was planned and started to be built, in which the common power station building has the shape of a cross and the reactors are located in the corners of this cross. Construction began on January 1, 1978, and construction of reactors two to four ceased in December 1981 and 1983, respectively. The nuclear reactor in Unit 1 was built by Westinghouse , reached its first criticality on January 3, 1987 and went online on January 19, 1987. Commercial operation began on May 2, 1987. The construction costs were put at 3.9 billion US dollars.

The Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant was the third nuclear power plant to go into operation in North Carolina. The Brunswick Nuclear Power Plant went into operation in 1977 and the McGuire Nuclear Power Plant in 1981.

On November 16, 2006, the operator Progress Energy applied to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to extend the operating license from 40 to 60 years. This request was granted on October 2, 2008; the operating license therefore ends on October 24, 2046.

On January 20, 2010, the NRC announced that an electrical generator from the damaged Unit 2 of the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Shearon Harris will be reused. The generator has been overhauled and extensively tested to ensure that no parts are contaminated. By using the old generator, the operator can avoid buying a new device.

More blocks

On February 19, 2008, Progress Energy applied to the NRC for the construction of two new AP 1000 pressurized water reactors, each with an output of 1100 MW. The assessment of the application should take about 36 months. In March 2011, the Fukushima nuclear disaster began . On May 5, 2013, the operator Duke Energy announced that the planning had been stopped 'due to lack of demand'.

investment

The Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant is operated and majority owned by Progress Energy (formerly Carolina Power & Light ), a North Carolina company that operates three other nuclear power plants in the southeastern United States. Progress Energy holds 83.8% of the shares in the nuclear power plant, the remaining 16.2% is held by the North Carolina Eastern Municipal Power Agency .

The nuclear power plant is located on an area of ​​approximately 43 km ² in southwest Wake County . It has a 160 meter high cooling tower and also uses cooling water from nearby Harris Lake .

The pressurized water reactor was initially operated with a net electrical output of 860 megawatts (MW). In 2002 the output was increased to 900 MW. It is used for the base load power supply and always runs at full power during power operation. The nuclear fuel is replaced approximately every 18 months. The burned-out fuel rods are temporarily stored in a decay pool on site.

The nuclear power plant supplies approximately half a million households in the southeastern United States with electricity. More than 207,000 GWh have been fed into the power grid since it was commissioned  . A visitor center is located in New Hill, approximately 2 miles from the nuclear power plant.

Incidents

In the first week of October 2015, the system's alarm sirens sounded several times. According to the operator, this was due to maintenance work, and at no point was there any danger to the population.

Data of the reactor block

Reactor block	Reactor type	net power	gross power	start of building	Network synchronization	Commercialization of essential operation	switching off processing
Shearon Harris-1	Pressurized water reactor	900 MW	960 MW	January 28, 1978	01/19/1987	May 2, 1987	(Planned for 2046)
Shearon Harris-2	Pressurized water reactor	900 MW		1.1.1978			Construction stopped on December 1st, 1983
Shearon Harris-3	Pressurized water reactor	900 MW		1.1.1978			Construction stopped on December 1st, 1981
Shearon Harris-4	Pressurized water reactor	900 MW		1.1.1978			Construction stopped on December 1st, 1981

Footnotes

1. ↑ Reactor Database. World Nuclear Association , accessed January 26, 2010 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Power Reactor Information System. International Atomic Energy Agency , accessed June 8, 2014 . 
3. ^ ^{A b c} Harris Nuclear Plant Fact Sheet. Progress Energy , accessed January 26, 2010 . 
4. ↑ NRC approces license renewal for Shearon Harris nuclear power plant for at additional 20 years. Nuclear Regulatory Commission , December 17, 2008, accessed January 26, 2010 . 
5. ^ Three Mile Island generator moving to Shearon Harris. Capitol Broadcasting Company , January 22, 2010; accessed January 26, 2010 . 
6. ^ Shearon Harris Nuclear Site, Units 2 and 3 Application. Nuclear Regulatory Commission , January 2, 2010, accessed January 26, 2010 . 
7. ^ Submission for new nuclear at Harris. In: World Nuclear News. World Nuclear Association , February 19, 2008, accessed January 26, 2010 . 
8. ↑ wral.com
9. ^ ^{A b} Shearon Harris Nuclear Generating Station. US Government Energy Information Administration, accessed January 26, 2010 . 
10. ↑ Spent fuel. Progress Energy , accessed January 26, 2010 . 
11. ↑ iaea.org (accessed July 3, 2018)
12. ↑ Harris Plant. Progress Energy , accessed January 26, 2010 . 
13. ↑ abc13.com