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Brunswick Nuclear Plant. The Brunswick nuclear power plant, named for Brunswick County, North Carolina, covers 1,200 acres (490 ha) at 20 feet (6.1 m) above sea level about 5 miles (8.0 km) from the Atlantic Ocean.
BNP produces electricity from nuclear power through two boiling water reactors and remains the only boiling water reactor (BWR) station in the Duke Energy fleet. It has a total generating capacity of 1,870 megawatts, enough to power more than 1 million homes.
Brunswick Nuclear Plant is dedicated to the safe, reliable and efficient production of electricity. Duke Energy would immediately notify federal, state and local authorities of a problem at the plant.
The Brunswick Energy and Education center features exhibits on nuclear science, electricity, carbon-free energy and the operation of the Brunswick Nuclear Plant. Ideal for middle-school students and up, it offers a unique look at how science intersects with daily life.
Brunswick Nuclear Plant has been online since the 1970s, but many people don't know it exists. Here's why it matters to the Wilmington area.
Power plant details for Brunswick Nuclear, a nuclear power plant located in Southport, NC. View the monthly generation and consumption, generator details, and more for Brunswick Nuclear.
SOUTHPORT, N.C. - Tucked in the trees along the Cape Fear River is Duke Energy’s Brunswick Nuclear Plant, home to two reactors which generate enough electricity to power over a million homes. On Nov. 3 the site will celebrate 40 years of safe, reliable production of commercial electricity.
Brunswick is one of 11 Duke Energy nuclear sites in the state and Duke's only boiling water plant. A reactor core heated by nuclear fission heats water, turning it into steam, which travels up a steam turbine.
The Chair of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission visited the Duke Energy Brunswick nuclear plant in Southport, alongside the GE Hitachi plant near Wilmington.
Brunswick Nuclear Plant uses uranium as its fuel. Each uranium pellet, less than one inch long, is enclosed in metal rods 12.5 feet tall. There are approximately 350 pellets per rod, 85 fuel rods in a fuel assembly and 560 fuel bundles in each reactor core. In a process called nuclear fission, a free neutron strikes a