Leland new homes and nuclear plant (Charlotte, Wilmington: hotel, homebuyer, earthquake)

[Larson14]

We were recently visiting the Leland area looking at new home communities. In our hotel was a book about Wilmington that mentioned a nuclear plant in Southport. I don't think this is common knowledge to all of the new homebuyers looking at the many large communities in the area. I would want someone to inform me if I was about to buy there, so I am posting on this forum.

[movedtothecoast]

yes , there is a nuclear plant close to Southport, it has
a channel with awful looking foamy cooling water running right thru
Southport. supposedly all cleaned up and safe to disperse into river/ocean.
there is also a military munnitions loading/storage facility very close
to the nuclear power plant, I have always wondered
how this was approved.

that said ,the power plants have to be located somewhere
but it certaintly always stays in the back of my mind . we live
in wilmington but it is still very close.
Used to live in Charlotte who is "lucky" to have two nuclear power plants
very close, again ,they have to be somewhere since the
beast of nuclear power was unleashed and people fell in
love with this way of creating power.
as smart as we are, new safer ways of creating power is not
making headway in the US, partly due to the enormous demand
for power.

[LLN]

It has been there forever, it is not a secret, if new homebuyers care and don't know about it, that is sad. Lived down there three or four years, never gave it a thought.

[southeastlady]

Originally Posted by Larson14

We were recently visiting the Leland area looking at new home communities. In our hotel was a book about Wilmington that mentioned a nuclear plant in Southport. I don't think this is common knowledge to all of the new homebuyers looking at the many large communities in the area. I would want someone to inform me if I was about to buy there, so I am posting on this forum.

I have put the following information in a previous post, but for those who have not read it:

The Federal Property Report for SJP which is a requirement of the Federal Government clearly states that there is a nuclear power plant located 6 miles from the community. The report describes this plant as a nuisance.

This report is a requirement of the Feds, however, it is written by the developer.

[missynancy]

we live in southern new jersey and shop the 'philadelphia premium outlets which are one hour from our home. these premium outlets are a spits throw from the Limerick Nuclear Plant - so I guess there is no fear of this.............

[ncwbwilm]

If you're looking for a home in Leland, then it's not like you're going to be next-door neighbors to the nuclear power plant. The nuclear power plant, called Brunswick Nuclear Plant, provides the majority of the power for the Lower Cape Fear (Wilmington) Metro Area. I don't live in Brunswick County, I live in New Hanover County (Wilmington). However, the threat of a nuclear accident is not large. Energy companies spend TONS of money on safety of nuclear power plants, because of course they don't want to kill people, and they also don't want to have the living daylights sued out of them and lose billions of dollars. Someone mentioned something about the discharge canal. Water is taken in from the Cape Fear River, and then goes back into the Atlantic. If you drive near the plant, you will see the canal, and it has frothy water, but the water is safe. Fish and animals live in/around it, and you can eat fish out of it. I even know people who fish in it in the winter. The security is very high there also, if you are worried about that. It's protected by armed guards, night and thermal vision, and if you go inside you go through "airport-style" security. Oh and the guards have drills, and sometimes drills where experts try to break the security system, and as of 2011, they never have broken it. The world's largest ammunition port, Sunny Point, is adjacent to Brunswick Nuclear Plant, but don't worry, the security is also very high there, and the armed guards go through annual drills for natural disasters, nuclear, biological, chemical, and radiological incidents, and antiterrorism drills.
My point being, Brunswick Nuclear Plant isn't really a concern or a threat to your safety, but I can completely understand your concern, because of things like Chernobyl and Fukushima that make headlines. The reason nuclear accidents make headlines is because they are so rare. Car accidents happen, but not every one makes headlines, right? That's because they are much more common. Oh, and odds of an earthquake causing core damage like Fukushima at Brunswick are about 1 in 67,000. I really hope you make the move to the Wilmington Area!

[movedtothecoast]

well, I hope I never have the chance to eat any fish coming out
of that ugly frothy channel of water!
one can just look at it and see that neither plants nor trees like
living next to that.
ncwbwilm, perhaps I can dare you take a swim in that channel?


accidents, sloppy work ethic, poor oversight of nuclear plants and most of all, mother nature,
are what worries me . the recent fertilizer plant explosion comes to mind.
we are only humans after all.

[macjr82]

Previous thread on topic:

http://www.city-data.com/forum/coast...wer-plant.html

[Beffrey2]

I don't see what the big deal is...I thought nuclear power plants were everywhere anyway?? I live in Fuquay Varina in wake co and I am like 15 miles from a nuclear power plant. If you are scared of them...you might want to move somewhere else...lol...where I don't know. If you live in New Jersey...New York or anywhere in the northeast...you are right near nuclear power plants. they are everywhere in the United states. We have to deal with it or live in another country.

[movedtothecoast]

one can be scared and still live near them,
as stated there is really no escaping them.

nothing wrong with a healthy concern.