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Facts at a glance
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Seabrook Station |
Duane Arnold |
Point Beach |
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Seabrook, New Hampshire |
Palo, Iowa, near Cedar Rapids |
Two Rivers, Wisconsin |
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1,076 megawatts |
414.5 megawatts |
1,023 megawatts |
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Pressurized water reactor |
Boiling water reactor |
Pressurized water reactor |
- Represents 16 percent of FPL Energy’s total generation
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Fun Facts
- In Dec. 1951, an experimental nuclear reactor produced the first electric power from the atom, lighting four light bulbs.
- Nuclear energy has been used since 1953 to power U.S. navy vessels, and since 1955 to provide electricity for home use.
- The energy in one uranium fuel pellet – about the size of the tip of your little finger – is the equivalent of 17,000 cubic feet of natural gas, 1,780 pounds of coal or 149 gallons of oil.
- Nuclear energy is the world’s largest source of emission-free energy.
- In 2004, U.S. nuclear power plants prevented 3.43 million tons of sulfur dioxide, 1.11 million tons of nitrogen oxide and 696.6 million metric tons of carbon dioxide from entering the earth’s atmosphere.
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