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| North Anna Nuclear Generating Station | |
 North Anna NPP
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| Country |  United States |
| Location | Mineral, Virginia |
| Coordinates | Coordinates: |
| Operator | Dominion |
| Start of commercial operation | Unit 1: June 6, 1978 Unit 2: December 14, 1980 |
| Reactors | |
| Reactor supplier | Westinghouse |
| Reactor type | Pressurized water reactor |
| Reactors active | 2 (1,790 MW) |
| Reactors planned | 1 (1,550 MW) |
| Power | |
| Status | Operating |
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| Architect | Stone & Webster (Units 1 & 2) |
| License expires | Unit 1: April 1, 2018 Unit 2: August 21, 2020 |
| NRC region | Region 2 |
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As of October 16, 2008
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| NRC Region Two (South) |
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| Alabama |
| Bellefonte* Browns Ferry Farley |
| Florida |
| Crystal River 3 St. Lucie Turkey Point |
| Georgia |
| Hatch Vogtle |
| North Carolina |
| Brunswick McGuire Shearon Harris |
| South Carolina |
| Catawba Oconee H.B. Robinson Summer |
| Tennessee |
| Sequoyah Watts Bar Phipps Bend* CRBR* Hartsville* |
| Virginia |
| North Anna Surry |
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* unfinished |
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The North Anna Nuclear Generating Station is a nuclear power plant on a 1,075 acre (4.4 km²) site in Louisa County, Virginia. The site is operated by Dominion Generation company and is jointly owned by the Dominion Virginia Power corporation (88.4%) and by the Old Dominion Electric Cooperative (11.6%).
The plant has two Westinghouse pressurized water reactors which went on-line in 1978 and 1980 respectively. Together the reactors generate 1.79 gigawatts of power, which is distributed mainly to the greater Richmond area and to Northern Virginia.
An artificial lake, Lake Anna, was constructed on the North Anna River to provide a reservoir of water coolant for use with the nuclear plant. Exhaustive studies have shown that the lake's abundant aquatic life are not harmed by the plant's operation.
Dominion currently owns nuclear power plants in Virginia (North Anna, Surry), Connecticut (Millstone), and Wisconsin (Kewaunee). North Anna is similar in design and appearance to Surry Power Station.
Unit 3
North Anna is currently going through the lengthy process of obtaining regulatory permission to build an additional unit at the site. Dominion Nuclear North Anna, LLC submitted its application for an Early Site Permit (ESP) for the North Anna site on September 25, 2003. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued the ESP on November 27, 2007.1 On the same day, Dominion submitted an application for a Combined Construction and Operating License (COL) for a 1,520 MWe GE–Hitachi Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor (ESBWR), designated as North Anna Unit 3.2
Construction on Unit 3 could begin by 2010, provided that the NRC, and regulatory bodies in Virginia and North Carolina, approve the project. Dominion has already signed contracts with GE to purchase plant components which require a long lead time and require special manufacturing facilities. Dominion does not expect to begin commercial operation until at least 2015.3
Proposed plans to add a new reactor to the North Anna site have brought public protest. On August 7, 2008 six activists were arrested at the North Anna Information Center for trespass.4
References
- ^ "Issued Early Site Permit - North Anna Site". U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) (August 28, 2008). Retrieved on 2008-10-16.
- ^ "North Anna, Unit 3 Application". NRC (October 14, 2008). Retrieved on 2008-10-16.
- ^ "Dominion submits COL application". World Nuclear News (29 November 2007). Retrieved on 2008-10-16.
- ^ "6 arrested in protest at North Anna site". Daily Progress (August 7, 2008). Retrieved on 2008-10-16.
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