| Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Station | |
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 Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Station in Homestead, Florida | |
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| Official name | Turkey Point |
| Country | United States |
| Location | Homestead, Florida, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 25°26′3″N 80°19′50″W / 25.43417°N 80.33056°W |
| Status | Operational |
| Construction began | Unit 3–4: April 27, 1967 |
| Commission date | Unit 1: April 1967 Unit 2: April 1968 Unit 3: December 14, 1972 Unit 4: September 7, 1973 Unit 5: May 2007 |
| Construction cost | Units 3–4: $1.013 billion (2007 USD)[1] Unit 5: $200 million (2007 USD)[2] |
| Owner | Florida Power & Light |
| Operator | Florida Power & Light |
| Nuclear power station | |
| Reactor type | PWR |
| Reactor supplier | Westinghouse |
| Thermal power station | |
| Primary fuel | Natural gas |
| Secondary fuel | Distillate fuel oil |
| Tertiary fuel | Residual fuel oil |
| Turbine technology | Steam turbine (Units 1–2, Unit 5), gas turbine (Unit 5) |
| Cooling source | Canal system (Units 1–2) Canal system (Units 3–4) Mechanical Draft 22-cell cooling tower (Unit 5) |
| Combined cycle? | No (Units 1–2) Yes (Unit 5) |
| Thermal capacity | 2 × 2644 MWth (nuclear) |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 2 × 802 MW (nuclear) 1 × 1150 MW (CCGT) |
| Make and model | 2 × WH 3-loop (DRYAMB) 4 × 170–180 MW GE 7FA gas turbines 4 × Nooter gas-fired heat recovery steam generators 1 × 470 MW steam turbine |
| Units planned | 2 × 1117 MW AP1000 |
| Units decommissioned | 2 × 404 MW Foster-Wheeler fuel oil/natural gas/used oil/propane steam turbines |
| Nameplate capacity | 2754 MW (1604 MW nuclear, 1150 MW CCGT) |
| Capacity factor | 74.71% (2017, 90.51% nuclear, 52.65% CCGT) |
| Annual net output | 13,904 GWh (2021 - Nuclear) 5,431 GWh (2021 - CCGT) |
| External links | |
| Website | Turkey Point Nuclear Plant |
| Commons | Related media on Commons |
Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Station is a nuclear and gas-fired power plant located on a 3,300-acre (1,300 ha) site two miles east of Homestead, Florida, United States, next to Biscayne National Park located about 25 miles (40 km) south of Miami, Florida near the southernmost edge of Miami-Dade County. The facility is owned by Florida Power & Light.
Including the two nuclear reactors, Turkey Point operates three power-generating units. It comprises two retired 404 megawatt fuel oil/natural gas/used oil/propane-fired generation units (Units 1 and 2), two 802 MWe Westinghouse pressurized water reactors (Units 3 and 4), and a 1,150 MW combined-cycle gas-fired Unit 5.[3] With a combined operational capacity of 2754 MW, the site is the third largest generating station in Florida and the eleventh largest power plant in the United States.[4]
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has authorized its staff to issue combined licences for Florida Power and Light to build and operate two Westinghouse AP1000 reactors at its Turkey Point site.[5]
- ^ "EIA - State Nuclear Profiles". www.eia.gov. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
- ^ "COVER FEATURE: Projects of the Year". www.power-eng.com. Retrieved October 17, 2017.
- ^ DiSavino, Scott (October 13, 2008). "FPL Fla. Turkey Point 4 reactor shut". Reuters. Retrieved November 16, 2008.
- ^ "Electricity explained – Electricity in the United States". eia.gov. U.S. Energy Information Administration. July 15, 2022. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
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- ^ Dalton, David (February 2, 2018). "NRC Gives Go-Ahead For Two AP1000 Reactors At Turkey Point In Florida". The Independent Global Nuclear News Agency. Central Office, NucNet a s b l, Brussels, Belgium.