Crystal River Energy Complex, Florida

A major energy production site, on the Gulf side of northern Florida, which includes seven power plants on a 4,700 acre site. Four units are coal-fired plants, the first of which was started in 1966. It was shut down in 2019, along with another that was built in 1970. Two coal powered plants built in the 1980s still function, and produce 717 megawatts each. There are also two recent gas-fired plants on site. Most notable is the nuclear plant, referred to as Crystal River Unit 3. It was constructed starting in 1968, and went online in 1977, with a capacity of 860 megawatts. It was closed for some major maintenance work in 2009, during which time damage occurred that proved too expensive to repair, possibly over $3 billion, and would take as long as 8 years. Its owner, Duke Energy, decided to permanently close the plant in 2013. By 2018, all spent fuel had been transferred to an on-site Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI), but full decommissioning of the plant is still years away.