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  2. Surry Nuclear Power Plant - Wikipedia

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    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 .

  3. List of power stations in Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    Pennsylvania electricity production by type. This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, sorted by type and name.In 2022, Pennsylvania had a total summer capacity of 49,066 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 239,261 GWh. [2]

  4. List of power stations in Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Southampton Power Station: Franklin: Biomass: 51: Spotsylvania Solar Spotsylvania: Solar 617 [18] Spruance Genco- Cogentrix: Richmond: Natural gas [19] 240 [20] Stonewall Natural gas 812 Surry Nuclear Power Plant: Surry: Uranium: 1678: Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center: Wise County: Coal: 610: Yorktown Power Station: Yorktown: Coal, oil: 1141 ...

  5. Nuclear reactor accidents in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Recurring equipment problems force emergency shutdown of Boston Edison's Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant: 0: 1,001: December 9, 1986: Surry, Virginia, USA: Feedwater line-burst at Surry Nuclear Power Plant kills 4: 4: March 31, 1987: Delta, Pennsylvania, US: Peach Bottom units 2 and 3 shutdown due to cooling malfunctions and unexplained equipment ...

  6. List of nuclear power accidents by country - Wikipedia

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    Globally, there have been at least 99 (civilian and military) recorded nuclear power plant accidents from 1952 to 2009 (defined as incidents that either resulted in the loss of human life or more than US$50,000 of property damage, the amount the US federal government uses to define nuclear energy accidents that must be reported), totaling US$20.5 billion in property damages.

  7. Nuclear power in Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    Nuclear power has a significant history in Pennsylvania, beginning in 1954 with the establishment of the first commercial, peace-time plant in America, the Shippingport Atomic Power Station. Since the construction of the Shippingport plant, 8 new nuclear plants have been constructed, 5 of which having already been decommissioned.

  8. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant to test emergency sirens ... - AOL

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    Public safety officials will test the emergency sirens at the R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant in Ontario on May 7. The annual test will include 96 sirens, blaring for about four minutes between 9: ...

  9. Nuclear safety in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In 2006, it said: "Since 2001, the ROP has resulted in more than 4,000 inspection findings concerning nuclear power plant licensees' failure to fully comply with NRC regulations and industry standards for safe plant operation, and NRC has subjected more than 7.5 percent (79) of the 103 operating plants to increased oversight for varying periods ...