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Reactor
Decommissioning
History
Overview Crystal River 3 has a commercial Babcock and Wilcox (B&W) 860 MWe 2-loop PWR power reactor. It went into service March 13, 1977 and last produced power September 2009. It is currently in SAFESTOR, with reactor work to be after 2050. There are also 4 non-nuclear units on the site that is located in Florida on the Gulf of Mexico. It is sometimes referred to as the "Humpty Dumpty" plant because the containment building cracked during replacement of the steam generators in 2009. This delamination was repaired but additional cracking was found in 2011. In February 2013, with a worse case estimate of $3.4B, Duke Energy determined repairing the plant was not the economical choice. Since the plant was repairable, the low price of natural gas at the time and not equipment failure drove the closure. Reactor Decommissioning
Specifics Internals Removal Reactor Vessel Removal Segmentation
and Packaging Plan (S&P Plan) Key People
Contractors Comments Related Publications and Documents
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