FPL Shuts Its 839 MW Unit 2 At Saint Lucie Nuclear Power Plant

The 1,678 MW Saint Lucie station is situated on Hutchinson Island in Saint Lucie county, around 120 miles north of Miami. The station has two 839 MW units 1 and 2, which entered service in 1976 and 1983.

The unit 1 at the station continued to operate at full power.

One MW powers around 300 homes in Florida.

The NRC has renewed the plant’s original 40-year operating licenses, in 2003 for both units for another 20 years until 2036 and 2043.

FPL plans to spend around $1.5 billion to add about 400 MW of capacity to the company’s Saint Lucie and Turkey Point reactors by 2012.

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