Brunswick Nuclear Generating Station
The Brunswick nuclear power plant, named for Brunswick County, North Carolina, covers 1,200 acres at 20 feet above sea level about 5 miles from the Atlantic Ocean.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Power station
- Description: Nuclear power plant in Brunswick County, North Carolina
- Address: Southport, NC 28461
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Prices Creek Lighthouse and J Arthur Dosher Memorial Hospital.
Prices Creek Lighthouse
Lighthouse
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The Price Creek Lighthouse, also known as the Price's Creek Lighthouse, is a structure located near Southport, North Carolina. It was one of two range lights at Price Creek in a series of lights to guide ships from Cape Fear to Wilmington, North Carolina. Prices Creek Lighthouse is situated 2 miles southeast of Brunswick Nuclear Generating Station.
J Arthur Dosher Memorial Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Pearlhunter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dosher Memorial Hospital is a not-for-profit, public, community hospital in Southport, North Carolina. The hospital serves Smithville Township—Southport, Bald Head Island, Caswell Beach, Oak Island, and the eastern portion of St. J Arthur Dosher Memorial Hospital is situated 2 miles south of Brunswick Nuclear Generating Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Southport and Fort Caswell Historic District.
Southport
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Southport is a city on the North Carolina Coastal Plain. Back in the 18th century, British settlements along this stretch of coast were afflicted by buccaneers and Spanish frigates to the point that a fortification named Fort Johnston had to be built, around which a town then called Smithville after Revolutionary War figure Benjamin Smith took shape, which eventually became known as Southport.
Fort Caswell Historic District
Hamlet
The Fort Caswell Historic District is located on the Atlantic Coast of North Carolina, US, and encompasses 2 sites, 43 buildings, and 23 structures. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2013. Fort Caswell Historic District is situated 4½ miles south of Brunswick Nuclear Generating Station.
Caswell Beach
Village
Photo: Gerry Dincher, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Caswell Beach is a small seaside town located on the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the Cape Fear River in Southeastern North Carolina, United States. Occupying the eastern part of Oak Island in Brunswick County, its population was listed at 395 in the 2020 census. Caswell Beach is situated 5 miles southwest of Brunswick Nuclear Generating Station.
Brunswick Nuclear Generating Station
- Categories: nuclear power plant and industry
- Location: Smithville Township, Brunswick, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
33.95872° or 33° 57′ 31″ northLongitude
-78.00886° or 78° 0′ 32″ westElevation
56 feet (17 metres)Inception
November 1975Operator
Duke EnergyOpen location code
8753XX5R+FFOpenStreetMap ID
way 1096498358OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrial
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Brunswick Nuclear Generating Station” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “محطة برونزويك للطاقة النووية”
- Czech: “Jaderná elektrárna Brunswick”
- French: “Centrale nucleaire de Brunswick”
- French: “centrale nucléaire de Brunswick”
- French: “Centrale nucléaire de Brunswick”
- German: “Kernkraftwerk Brunswick”
- Japanese: “ブラウンズウィック原子力発電所”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Brunswick kjernekraftverk”
- Norwegian: “Brunswick kjernekraftverk”
- Russian: “АЭС Брансуик”
- Spanish: “Brunswick Nuclear Generating Station”
- Spanish: “Central nuclear de Brunswick”
- Spanish: “Planta de energia nuclear Brunswick”
- Spanish: “Planta de energía nuclear Brunswick”
- Ukrainian: “АЕС Брансвік”
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