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Data for 2010 | Release Date: April 26, 2012 | Next Release: February 2013 | full report

Nuclear Profile 2010 Virginia profile

Virginia total electric power industry, summer capacity and net generation, by energy source, 2010
Primary energy source	Summer capacity (mw)	Share of State total (percent)	Net generation (thousand mwh)	Share of State total (percent)
Nuclear	3,501	14.5	26,572	36.4
Coal	5,868	24.3	25,459	34.9
Hydro and Pumped Storage	4,107	17.0	10	*
Natural Gas	7,581	31.4	16,999	23.3
Other ¹	-	-	414	0.6
Other Renewable¹	621	2.6	2,220	3.0
Petroleum	2,432	10.1	1,293	1.8
Total	24,109	100.0	72,966	100.0
¹Municipal Solid Waste net generation is allocated according to the biogenic and non-biogenic components of the fuel; however, all Municipal Solid Waste summer capacity is classified as Renewable. * = Absolute percentage less than 0.05. - = No data reported. Notes: Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding. Other: Blast furnace gas, propane gas, other manufactured and waste gases derived from fossil fuels, non-biogenic municipal solid waste, batteries, chemicals, hydrogen, pitch, purchased steam, sulfur, tire-derived fuel, and miscellaneous technologies. Other Renewable: Wood, black liquor, other wood waste, biogenic municipal solid waste, landfill gas, sludge waste, agriculture byproducts, other biomass, geothermal, solar thermal, photovoltaic energy, and wind. Source: Form EIA-860, "Annual Electric Generator Report," and Form EIA-923, "Power Plant Operations Report."

Virginia nuclear power plants, summer capacity and net generation, 2010
Plant name/total reactors	Summer capacity (mw)	Net generation (thousand mwh)	Share of State nuclear net generation (percent)	Owner
North Anna Unit 1, Unit 2	1,863	13,399	50.4	Virginia Electric & Power Co
Surry Unit 1, Unit 2	1,638	13,172	49.6	Virginia Electric & Power Co.
2 Plants 4 Reactors	3,501	26,572	100.0
Note: Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding. Source: Form EIA-860, "Annual Electric Generator Report," and Form EIA-923, "Power Plant Operations Report."

Plants in State

North Anna Nuclear Power Plant
Unit	Summer capacity (mw)	Net generation (thousand mwh)	Summer capacity factor (percent)	Type	Commercial operation date	License expiration date
1	920	6,780	84.1	PWR	6/6/1978	4/1/2038
2	943	6,620	80.1	PWR	12/14/1980	8/21/2040
	1,863	13,399	82.1
Data for 2010 PWR = Pressurized Light Water Reactor. Note: Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding. Source: Form EIA-860, "Annual Electric Generator Report," and Form EIA-923, "Power Plant Operations Report."

Operator: Virginia Electric Power Company

Location and Service Territory: The North Anna nuclear power station is on a 1,075-acre site on a peninsula near Mineral, a small town in Louisa County, Virginia.

Construction Cost: $3.861 billion (2007 USD)²

Reactor Descriptions: Both of the units are Westinghouse, three-loop, pressurized water reactors.

Cooling System: To supply cooling water for the plant, a dam was erected in 1971 on the North Anna River to create Lake Anna. The water is drawn from Lake Anna in a once-through cooling system.

Surry Project Nuclear Power Plant
Unit	Summer capacity (mw)	Net generation (thousand mwh)	Summer capacity factor (percent)	Type	Commercial operation date	License expiration date
1	839	6,206	84.4	PWR	12/22/1972	5/25/2032
2	799	6,966	99.5	PWR	5/1/1973	1/29/2033
	1,638	13,172	91.8
Data for 2010 PWR = Pressurized Light Water Reactor. Note: Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding. Source: Form EIA-860, "Annual Electric Generator Report," and Form EIA-923, "Power Plant Operations Report."

Operator: Virginia Electric Power Company

Location and Service Territory: The Surry plant, named for the county in which it is located, is on an 840 acre site, Gravel Neck Peninsula, 7 miles south of historic Williamsburg, Virginia. Upstream of the peninsula is tidal river and downstream is an estuary. At the tip of the estuary is a wildlife refuge.

Construction Cost: $1.868 billion (2007 USD)²

Reactor Descriptions: The reactors are Westinghouse three-loop pressurized water reactors, each holding 157 fuel assemblies.

Cooling System: Cooling water for the once-through cooling system is drawn through a channel dredged in the bottom of the James River.

²Nuclear Power Plant Construction Activity, DOE/EIA-0473(86), Energy Information Administration, 1986, pp 16-17, Table 5. Adjusted to 2007 Dollars using Bureau of Labor Statistics' Consumer Price Index.