Brunswick Nuclear Generating Station

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. The site is adjacent to the town of Southport, North Carolina, and to wetlands and woodlands, and was opened in 1975. The site contains two General Electric boiling water reactors, which are cooled by water collected from the Cape Fear River and discharged into the Atlantic Ocean. Duke Energy Progress is the owner and operator of the Brunswick nuclear plant. The North Carolina Eastern Municipal Power Agency formerly owned an 18.3% stake in the plant; their share was purchased by Duke Energy in 2015. (Duke Energy completed its merger with Progress Energy on July 2, 2012) The Brunswick plant's original design called for two cooling towers, and construction of the foundations for both towers was started. However, the proximity to the Cape Fear River and the Atlantic Ocean allowed the designers to take in cooling water from the Cape Fear river and discharge it into the Atlantic off the coast of Oak Island. Fish, crustaceans, and other debris are removed from the cooling water via a filtration system. The water then flows through the nuclear plant and discharges into a five mile long canal which passes under the Intra-Coastal Waterway at one point. The concrete foundation of one unfinished cool

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