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In a social media post, Wake County said its officials are working with Duke Energy to figure out why the alarms sounded. As of 11:45 a.m., Duke officials had not identified the cause, McGovern said.
The nuclear station, owned and operated by Duke Energy, is located on Lake Keowee and has three nuclear reactors. It is protected 24/7 by armed security guards, access controls, intrusion ...
This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of North Carolina, sorted by type and name.In 2022, North Carolina had a total summer capacity of 35,391 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 134,257 GWh. [2]
Six sirens were mistakenly sounded on Monday during what was supposed to be a silent test at Duke Energy’s Shearon Harris Nuclear Plant in Wake County.
The Harris Nuclear Plant is a nuclear power plant with a single Westinghouse designed pressurized-water nuclear reactor operated by Duke Energy. It was named in honor of W. Shearon Harris, former president of Carolina Power & Light (predecessor of Progress Energy Inc.). [2]
In 2023, Duke Energy inaugurated the Brunswick Energy & Education Center located at the Brunswick Nuclear Plant. The Education Center is located at 8520 River Road SE, Southport, [ 11 ] and "features exhibits on nuclear science, electricity, carbon-free energy and the operation of the Brunswick Nuclear Plant".
The McGuire Nuclear Station is a nuclear power plant located about 17 miles (27 km) northwest of Charlotte, North Carolina, on the state's largest lake, Lake Norman. It is a 32,500-acre (13,200 ha) lake created in 1963 by Duke Power for the Cowans Ford Hydroelectric Station .
The joint venture between electric power company Duke Energy and global nuclear services giant AREVA was created to build wood waste-to-energy power plants around the country. ADAGE president Reed Wills announced the first Northwest outpost will be in the struggling timber town of Shelton, Washington.