Surry Nuclear Power Plant | |
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Country | United States |
Location | Surry County, near Rushmere, Virginia |
Coordinates | 37°9′56″N 76°41′52″W / 37.16556°N 76.69778°W |
Status | Operational |
Construction began | June 25, 1968 |
Commission date | Unit 1: December 22, 1972 Unit 2: May 1, 1973[1] |
Construction cost | $1.868 billion (2007 USD)[2] |
Owner | Dominion Resources |
Operator | Dominion Energy |
Nuclear power station | |
Reactor type | PWR |
Reactor supplier | Westinghouse |
Cooling source | James River |
Thermal capacity | 2 × 2587 MWth |
Power generation | |
Units operational | 2 × 838 MW |
Make and model | WH 3-loop (DRYSUB) |
Units cancelled | 2 × 859 MW |
Nameplate capacity | 1676 MW |
Capacity factor | 98.27% (2017) 77.5% (lifetime) |
Annual net output | 13,199 GW·h (2021) |
External links | |
Website | Surry Power Station |
Commons | Related media on Commons |
Surry Power Station is a nuclear power plant located in Surry County in southeastern Virginia, in the South Atlantic United States. The power station lies on an 840-acre (340 ha) site adjacent to the James River across from Jamestown, slightly upriver from Smithfield and Newport News. Surry is operated by Dominion Generation and owned by Dominion Resources, Inc.
The Surry plant is similar in appearance and design to its "sister plant" North Anna Power Station, located northwest of Richmond in Louisa County, Virginia.