H. B. Robinson Nuclear Generating Station
| H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Station, Unit 2 | |
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H.B. Robinson Nuclear Power Station seen from Lake Robinson
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 Location of H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Station, Unit 2 in South Carolina
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| Country | United States |
| Location | Darlington County, near Hartsville, South Carolina |
| Coordinates | 34°24′10″N 80°9′30″W / 34.40278°N 80.15833°WCoordinates: 34°24′10″N 80°9′30″W / 34.40278°N 80.15833°W |
| Status | Operational |
| Commission date | March 7, 1971 |
| Operator(s) | Duke Energy |
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| Reactor type | pressurized water reactor |
| Reactor supplier | Westinghouse |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 1 x 750 MW |
| Capacity factor | 87.3% |
| Annual output | 5,738 GWh |
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Website www.progress-energy.com/.../robinson |
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The H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Station, Unit 2 is a nuclear power station located near Hartsville, South Carolina. The plant consists of one Westinghouse 735 MW pressurized water reactor. The site once included a coal-fired unit that generated 174 MW (which was retired in October 2012 and demolished 2016) and a combustion turbine unit that generated 15 MW.
The Robinson plant is named for H. Burton Robinson, a former executive vice president of Carolina Power & Light. The plant is located adjacent to the 2,250-acre (910 ha) Lake Robinson. The Robinson nuclear unit was the first commercial nuclear power plant in the southeastern United States and was then the largest such in the world.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission defines two emergency planning zones around nuclear power plants: a plume exposure pathway zone with a radius of 10 miles (16 km), concerned primarily with exposure to, and inhalation of, airborne radioactive contamination, and an ingestion pathway zone of about 50 miles (80 km), concerned primarily with ingestion of food and liquid contaminated by radioactivity.
The 2010 U.S. population within 10 miles (16 km) of Robinson was 32,675, an increase of 2.6 percent in a decade, according to an analysis of U.S. Census data for msnbc.com. The 2010 U.S. population within 50 miles (80 km) was 893,536, an increase of 10.3 percent since 2000. Cities within 50 miles include Columbia (49 miles to city center).
NUREG-1437, "Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants," Supplement 13, Regarding H.B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant, Unit No. 2, was published by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) in December 2003.
This supplement documents the NRC staff's review of the environmental issues at Robinson, Unit 2 in support of Carolina Power & Light Company's (CP&L) application for license renewal of that facility. The supplement was prepared in accordance with 10 CFR 51.71. This supplemental environmental impact statement includes the staff's analysis that considers and weighs the environmental effects of the proposed action, the environmental impacts of alternatives to the proposed action, and alternatives available for reducing or avoiding adverse impacts. It also includes the staff's recommendation regarding the proposed actions.
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