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October
9, 2003
NUCLEAR
REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC) ANNOUNCES AVAILABILITY
OF APPLICATION FOR EARLY SITE PERMIT AT NORTH ANNA
NUCLEAR PLANT LOCATION
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is announcing the
availability of an application from Dominion Nuclear
North Anna, LLC, for an early site permit for the
North Anna nuclear power plant site, near Mineral,
Virginia. Virginia Electric & Power Co., a subsidiary
of Dominion Energy, Inc., currently operates two nuclear
reactors at the site.
In April the NRC held two public
meetings in Mineral to discuss the early site permit review process.
If an early site permit were granted, it would allow the site to be
used for one or more new nuclear reactors...
The North
Anna early site permit application is available electronically
at: http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams/web-based.html
-- enter ML032731517 as the search term. A copy of
the application is also available for public review
at the NRC Public Document Room, located at 11555
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland; telephone: 800/397-4209
or 301/415-4737.
Virginia
Nuclear Highlights
- Of the
31 States with nuclear capacity, Virginia ranks
14th.
- Virginia's
North Anna power plant ranks76th on the Energy Information
Administration's list of 100 largest power plants
in the United States.
- Virginia’s seven largest electric
power plants are operated by the Virginia Electric & Power
Co (VEPCO). The largest power plant in the Commonwealth
is the Bath County hydro plant (net capability
2,400 MW). North Anna nuclear plant ranks 2nd and
the Surry nuclear plant is fourth.
Nuclear
Generation in Virginia, 1960 through 2003
Million
Kilowatt Hours |
Sources: Energy Information
Administration, State Energy Data Report 1999,
and Electric Power Annual, Volume 1, 2001, and
EIA Survey Form 906. |
Nuclear
Power Plants in Virginia
Data for 2003
| Plant
Name |
Nuclear
Units |
Capacity
Net MWe |
Share
of State Nuclear Generation Total
|
Operator/Owner
|
| North
Anna |
Unit
1,
Unit 2 |
1,842
|
55.5
% |
Dominion Generation
Co./ Dominion
Virginia Power Corp. (88.4 %) and
Old Dominion Electric Coop. (11.6%) |
| Surry |
Unit
1,
Unit 2 |
1,625
|
44.5 % | Dominion Generation
Co./
Dominion Resources, Inc. |
| Total |
4
Reactors |
3,467
|
100
% |
|
Source:
Form EIA-860, "Annual Electric Generator Report"
Competing
Fuels
Electricity
Market in Virginia
(Percent Generated
by Fuel) |
Year |
Coal |
Gas |
Hydro |
Nuclear |
Petroleum |
Other |
2003** |
50 |
6 |
* |
33 |
8 |
2 |
2002** |
51 |
6 |
1 |
37 |
5 |
1 |
| |
*less than one percent
**Total does not add up to 100 percent due to independent
rounding.
Source: Form EIA-906, Power Plant Report
Emissions
Virginia
Electric Power Industry Estimated Emissions
Thousand Short Tons |
| Product |
Thousand
Short Tons |
National
Ranking |
Annual
Growth Rate
(1993 through 2002) |
| Sulfur
Dioxide |
251
|
15th
|
1.2
percent |
| Nitrogen
Oxide |
103
|
17th
|
-0.2
percent |
| Carbon
Dioxide |
46,487
|
22nd
|
3.3
percent |
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Source:
State Electricity Profiles, Energy Information
Administration
See also, the comprehensive table comparing emissions tonnage for all 50 States plus the District of Columbia.
License
Renewal
On March 20,
2003, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
issued renewed licenses to both of Virginia's power
plants: North Anna and Surry.
Information
on the current status of all license renewal applications
appears on the NRC web site at http://www.nrc.gov .
To locate the data, select "index,"then select the
letter "l"and click on "License Renewal."
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