Basic Facts:
- Location: Crystal River, Florida
- Owner: Duke Energy
- Operator: Accelerated Decommissioning Partners
- Construction Cost: $1.8B (2018$)
- Plant Output: 860 MW
- Property Size: 4,700 acres
- Status: Decommissioning underway
- Current DTF Balance: $760M (2018$)
- Decommissioning Completion Estimate: $920M (2018$)
- Spent Nuclear Fuel On Site: 590 metric tons
Background
The Crystal River Nuclear Plant (CR3) was an 860-megawatt pressurized water reactor located at the Crystal River Energy Complex. CR3 began licensed operations in 1976 and started producing power in 1977. In 2009 and 2011, engineers discovered separations of concrete within the containment building that surrounds the reactor vessel, and Duke Energy announced the decision to retire the nuclear plant in 2013.
Decommissioning
In 2015, the nuclear plant reached its SAFSTOR condition. In 2018, workers completed the transfer of spent nuclear fuel assemblies from the spent fuel pool to an on-site dry cask storage facility. On June 26, 2019, a new PSDAR was submitted changing the status of the plant from SAFSTOR to DECON. On October 1st, 2020 Duke Energy transferred the license to Accelerated Decommissioning Partners (ADP). Additional information is available on Duke Energy’s website.
Socioeconomics
CR3 is located is located in Citrus County, Florida. As of 2016:
- Population: 145,000
- Per Capita Annual Income: $36,000
- Unemployment rate (not seasonally adjusted): 5.8%
In 2017, CR3 contributed $400,000 in property taxes to Citrus County.
Contact Information
Economic Development Administration Representative:
- Greg Vaday, Atlanta Regional Office, t: (404) 730-3009, e: [email protected]
Economic Development District
University Center
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- John Hickman, Project Manager, (t): (301) 415-3017, e: [email protected]
- Crystal River 3
Unless specific costing information has been provided, decommissioning costs were derived from 2017 Decommissioning Funding Status Report.
Information herein obtained from public sources. Corrections are welcome and may be directed to [email protected].
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