Turkey Point Nuclear Power Plant

Turkey Point Nuclear Power Plant
Turkey Point Nuclear Power Plant
location
Coordinates	25 ° 26 '3 "  N , 80 ° 19' 50"  W Coordinates: 25 ° 26 '3 "  N , 80 ° 19' 50"  W.
Country:	United States
Data
Owner:	Florida Power & Light Co.
Operator:	Florida Power & Light Co.
Project start:	1965
Commercial operation:	December 14, 1972
Active reactors (gross):	2 (1458 MW)
Energy fed in in 2008:	11,374 GWh
Energy fed in since commissioning:	314,286 GWh
Was standing:	January 30, 2010
The data source of the respective entries can be found in the documentation .

The Turkey Point nuclear power plant ( English Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Station ) has two pressurized water reactors and is located in Homestead in the US state of Florida , 40 km south of Miami .

The Turkey Point power plant consists of two conventional oil-fired power plant blocks 1 and 2 with a capacity of 400 MW and two pressurized water reactors from Westinghouse (blocks 3 and 4). In 2007, the plant was expanded by a block with 1150 MW as a gas and steam combined cycle power plant and then the two oil-thermal blocks were dismantled.

history

Construction of the two reactor blocks began on April 27, 1967 . Block 3 became critical for the first time on October 20, 1972 , and the fourth block on June 11, 1973. The first network synchronization took place for block 3 on November 2, 1972 and for block 4 on June 21, 1973. The reactors went into commercial operation on December 14, 1972 and September 7, 1973, respectively.

In 2002, the operating licenses for both reactors were extended from 40 to 60 years. In 2018, the permit was finally extended to a total of 80 years for both blocks.

In October 2015 it became known that a decline in the crocodile population could be observed around the nuclear power plant. The reason is assumed to be the increased water temperature around the power plant.

extension

The plant was to be expanded by two Westinghouse reactors of the AP-1000 type, each with an output of 1117 MW. It was announced in January 2010 that the planning of the Turkey Point 6 and 7 reactors had been suspended. In 2016 it was announced that the extensions had been approved and are now planned for the years 2027 and 2028.

Incidents

Hurricane Andrew

The hurricane of August 24, 1992 left the facility with various external damage, some of which also affected the safety systems. The two blocks also fell into an emergency power situation due to the destruction of the external power lines : the emergency power diesel generators had to be operated for several days to dissipate the decay heat .

Emergency power supply

Due to an incident in a substation of the US energy supplier Florida Power & Light , the energy supply in the greater Miami area collapsed on February 26, 2008 in the US state of Florida . The two nuclear reactors were shut down automatically and safely as planned due to the loss of voltage; This process was guaranteed due to the external power failure by the emergency diesel generators. As a result of the incident, eight other power plants with a capacity of 3400 MW in Florida failed, leaving over three million people without electricity.

Data of the reactor blocks

The Turkey Point nuclear power plant has two reactor blocks :

Reactor block	Reactor type	net power	gross power	start of building	Network synchronization	Commercialization of essential operation	switching off processing
Turkey Point-3	Pressurized water reactor	693 MW	729 MW	04/27/1967	11/02/1972	12/14/1972	(2052 planned)
Turkey Point-4	Pressurized water reactor	693 MW	729 MW	04/27/1967	06/21/1973	07.09.1973	(2053 planned)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Florida Power & Light applies for second license renewal for Turkey Point nuclear reactors. In: dailyenergyinsider.com. February 5, 2018, accessed February 6, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC): 80 years of operation for nuclear power plants in the USA. In: Nuclear Forum Switzerland. December 6, 2019, accessed December 19, 2019 . 
3. ^ Drop seen in number of crocodiles near Fla. nuclear plant. In: Washington Times. October 4, 2015, accessed on May 6, 2018 . 
4. ↑ FPL, Ten Year Plant Site Plan 2016–2025: USA: Delay in new construction project Turkey Point. In: Nuclear Forum Switzerland. April 25, 2016. Retrieved December 19, 2019 . 
5. ↑ FPL announces preliminary findings of outage investigation; February 29, 2008. Florida Power & Light Company, archived from the original on July 22, 2010 ; accessed on December 19, 2019 (English). 
6. ↑ Power Reactor Information System of the IAEA : "United States of America: Nuclear Power Reactors - Alphabetic" (English)

See also

• List of nuclear power plants