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The McGuire Nuclear Station is a nuclear power plant located about 17 miles (27 km) northwest of Charlotte North Carolina on the state’s largest lake Lake Norman. It is a 32500-acre (13200 ha) lake created in 1963 by Duke Power for the Cowans Ford Hydroelectric Station. The McGuire units use the lake’s water for cooling.This plant has two Westinghouse pressurized water reactors and has a capability to produce 2200 megawatts of power with a net generation of 17514 GW·h in 2005.

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average annual gross power generation (J)
6.3432e+16
country
United States
location
North Carolina, Mecklenburg County North Carolina, Huntersville North Carolina
opening date
1981-12-01, 1984-03-01
opening year
1981-01-01T00:00:00+02:00, 1984-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
operator
Duke Energy
owner
Duke Energy
latitude
35.4325
longitude
-80.9483

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