Turkey Point nuclear power station 3

Name: Turkey Point nuclear power station 3
Address: USA

Gross capacity

829MW

Turkey Point nuclear power station 3 is a pressurised water reactor unit at Turkey Point nuclear power station in United States rated at 829 MW gross. It is operating. Commercial operation began 14 Dec 1972.

Corrected against a later source

GNPT gives a commercial operation date of 1 January 1972, before the unit's own grid connection on 2 November 1972: a year-only placeholder. The World Nuclear Association database lists 14 December 1972.

commercial_operation: ~~1972-01-01~~ → 1972-12-14 · World Nuclear Association, Nuclear Reactor Database, Turkey Point 3 · verified 2026-10-22

Specification

Reactor type	Pressurised water reactor (PWR)
Model	Westinghouse 3-loopWH 3LP (DRYAMB) in the source
Size	Largeabove 300 MWe
Coolant	Light water
Moderator	Light water
Gross capacity	829MW
Net capacity (reference)	837MW
Net capacity (design)	693MW
Thermal output	2,644MWt
NSSS vendor	Westinghouse Electric Companyall vendors
Typical enrichment	3–5% U-235

Ownership & location

Site	Turkey Point nuclear power station
Unit	3
Country	United States
Owner	Florida Power & Light Co100%
Operator	Florida Power & Light
Coordinates	25.4345, -80.3324

Live status NRC daily report, unit key "Turkey Point 3"

Power level

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Last 90 days

Updated daily from the US reactor status feed. The NRC publishes a power percentage only, with no reason for a reduction, so a unit at 0% may be refuelling, in a planned outage or tripped. See outages.

Fuel chain for this unit

Fuel form

Uranium dioxide pellets in zirconium-alloy cladding

Enrichment

3–5% U-235

Who makes this assembly

China National Nuclear Corporation PWR fuel assemblies
ENUSA Industrias Avanzadas PWR and BWR fuel assemblies
Framatome PWR fuel assemblies
KEPCO Nuclear Fuel PWR fuel assemblies
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries PWR fuel assemblies
Westinghouse Electric Company PWR fuel assemblies

Supply position

United States runs 63 operating units on PWR (square-lattice) fuel. 6 fabricators are documented for it. Westinghouse Electric Company is based in United States. Country exposure

Upstream

Enriched fuel means this unit sits downstream of five conversion plants and four enrichment operators holding 88% of world capacity between the top three.

Rosatom Urenco CNNC Orano

Conversion

AEOI Cameco CNNC CNNC CNNC ConverDyn Orano Rosatom TVEL Westinghouse

Fabricator capability is recorded against reactor type and model line, not against named units, utilities do not publish fuel contracts. See the fuel chain.

Timeline

27 Apr 1967Construction start
20 Oct 1972First criticality
2 Nov 1972Grid connection
14 Dec 1972Commercial operation

Other units at Turkey Point nuclear power station

Unit	Status	Gross MW
Turkey Point nuclear power station 4	Operating	829
Turkey Point nuclear power station 6	Pre-construction	1,250
Turkey Point nuclear power station 7	Pre-construction	1,250

Other WH 3LP (DRYAMB) units

7 units worldwide share this model designation.

Unit	Country	Status	Gross MW
H. B. Robinson nuclear power plant 2	United States	Operating	780
Joseph M Farley nuclear power plant 1	United States	Operating	918
Joseph M Farley nuclear power plant 2	United States	Operating	928
Shearon Harris nuclear power plant 1	United States	Operating	980
Turkey Point nuclear power station 4	United States	Operating	829
Virgil C Summer nuclear power plant 1	United States	Operating	1,006

Sources

Global Nuclear Power Tracker, Global Energy Monitor, August 2026 release , CC BY 4.0 · retrieved 2026-09-06 · this unit last researched by GEM on 2024-05-29
GEM.wiki entry (further reading) , CC BY-SA 4.0, linked, not quoted

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