  South Texas Project (STP)
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South Texas 2 reactor went on line in Bay City, Texas. At this time (August 2004), it is the largest reactor on U.S. soil. With a net capacity of 1,265 Megawatts (electric), its capacity is a single megawatt greater than that of its companion reactor, South Texas 1. With the two biggest reactors in the Nation, the South Texas power plant is not the largest nuclear power plant, however. This distinction falls to Arizona's Palo Verde power plant, which has one more reactor than South Texas. |
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South Texas Project
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South Texas Project
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South Texas Project Electric Generating Plant
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South Texas Project 1RE01 Team
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Nuclear plant protection best in world
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Safety procedures are tested in annual drills
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Three separate, sealed systems use reactor heat to generate electricity
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New steam generators on way to STP
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Old steam generator being removed
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New steam generator being installed
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Fuel assembly being loaded into reactor
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Steam turns four large turbines, connected in line
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Turbine generator deck next to containment building
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The four turbines turn the generator rotor
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Electricity is distributed through the switchyard
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Fission
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Fuel pellet has power of nearly one ton of coal
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Top of fuel assembly
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Unloading 14-foot fuel assembly at STP
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Fuel assemblies are removed and replaced using a Refueling Machine
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Reactor Core holds 193 fuel assemblies
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Spent fuel storage pool
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South Texas Project
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South Texas Project
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South Texas Project Map
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South Texas Project Map
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South Texas Project
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Three Man party at Rennhacks place.
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Pre- Outage PArt at steak house near STP
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STP sunset
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Spring at STP
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South Texas Project
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South Texas Project
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Sam Serpa, Bill Apple, Robert Wright, and Burine Stuart
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STP Rx head-cavity
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STP Reservoir
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STP refuel machine
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STP Power Lines
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Martin and Trish Brito
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Rennhack and Bill Cambel
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Kevin Bowers, Shela, and Kevin's Brother
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Al E Gator
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Distant image of STP
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Dee Dee and Then Hubbie
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Dee Dee and Friends
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STP's Core
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STP's control room
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Chris Dodgen
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STP Containment view from a Polar Crain
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Billy Odecker
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