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South Texas Nuclear Generating Station

Matagorda County, United States

The 219th largest power station in the world

2.71 GW · Capacity

The South Texas Project Electric Generating Station (also known as STP, STPEGS, South Texas Project), is a nuclear power station southwest of Bay City, Texas, United States. STP occupies a 12,200-acre (4, 900 ha) site west of the Colorado River about 90 miles (140 km) southwest of Houston. It consists of two Westinghouse Pressurized Water Reactors and is cooled by a 7,000-acre (2, 800 ha) reservoir, which eliminates the need for cooling towers.

Power station data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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