McGuire Nuclear Station
The McGuire Nuclear Station is a nuclear power plant located about 17 miles northwest of Charlotte, North Carolina, on the state's largest lake, Lake Norman.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Power station
- Description: Nuclear power plant in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
- Also known as: “McGuire Nuclear Generating Station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cowans Ford Hydroelectric Station.
Cowans Ford Hydroelectric Station
Power station
Photo: Cubby61, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cowans Ford Hydroelectric Station is a hydroelectric power plant and dam located near Huntersville, North Carolina, approximately 20 miles north of Charlotte on Lake Norman. Cowans Ford Hydroelectric Station is situated 3,600 feet west of McGuire Nuclear Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cornelius and Huntersville.
Cornelius
Photo: plcmc, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cornelius is a small town in central North Carolina. It is a northern suburb of Charlotte, located inside the northern boundary of Mecklenburg County. It is on Lake Norman and offers the opportunity for outdoor activities such as boating and hiking.
Huntersville
Huntersville is a northern suburb of Charlotte, North Carolina. It has historically been a very small town, but due to suburban growth it has begun to develop its own small sphere of influence in the northern end of Mecklenburg County.
McGuire Nuclear Station
- Categories: nuclear power plant and industry
- Location: Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
35.43191° or 35° 25′ 55″ northLongitude
-80.94745° or 80° 56′ 51″ westElevation
725 feet (221 metres)Inception
September 1981Operator
Duke EnergyOpen location code
867XC3J3+Q2OpenStreetMap ID
way 861200493OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrial
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In Other Languages
From Czech to Swedish—“McGuire Nuclear Station” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Jaderná elektrárna McGuire”
- Czech: “JE McGuire”
- French: “Centrale nucleaire de McGuire”
- French: “centrale nucléaire de McGuire”
- French: “Centrale nucléaire de McGuire”
- German: “Kernkraftwerk McGuire”
- Japanese: “Wm・B・マクガイア原子力発電所”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “McGuire kjernekraftverk”
- Norwegian: “McGuire kjernekraftverk”
- Russian: “АЭС МакГвайр”
- Russian: “АЭС Макгуайр”
- Spanish: “Central Nuclear McGuire”
- Spanish: “McGuire Nuclear Generating Station”
- Spanish: “Planta de energia nuclear McGuire”
- Spanish: “Planta de energía nuclear McGuire”
- Swedish: “McGuire kärnkraftverk”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Cowans Ford and Villas of Cowans Ford.
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