Cherokee Nuclear Power Plant (never completed)

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Duke Power owned the site in the 1970s and started construction of a nuclear plant there. Duke originally planned three reactors on the property. One reactor was partially completed when work was halted in 1982 and they scrapped plans for the other two. Duke halted construction at the site in 1983 after spending $633 million, or about $1.2 billion adjusted for inflation. An uncertain economy, stringent federal regulations on nuclear plants and a decrease in electrical use caused Duke Power to abandon the site in the early 1980s.

On March 16, 2006 Duke Power announced that this site had been selected for a potential new nuclear power plant. The site is jointly owned by Duke Power and Southern Company. Duke plans to develop the site for two Westinghouse Electric Company AP1000 (advanced passive) pressurized water reactors.

Each reactor is capable of producing approximately 1,117 megawatts. (See Nuclear Power 2010 Program.) Plant construction on the 2,022-acre site could take five years. The property still has cooling ponds and infrastructure in place, making it more attractive than other sites in the region.

The property is close to the Broad River, and electricity transmission lines are accessible. This new plant will be built adjacent to the old site. The old site as well as the film sets used by James Cameron for his underwater sci-fi epic "The Abyss" will be demolished to make way for the new construction.

www.goupstate.com/article/20071214/NEWS/712140355
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherokee_Nuclear_Power_Plant
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Coordinates:   35°2'5"N   81°30'43"W

Comments

  • this is where james cameron's the abyss was filmed
  • And the set can be seen in the tank.
  • its no longer there
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