Nuclear power plant east of Orlando?

[DisneyWorldWisher]

I was wondering...

When we went on our trip two years ago, we drove to the Atlantic ocean...on our way back to Disney, we drove past what seemed to be a massive nuclear power plant, with two of the big classic cooling towers. I also remember seeing it from the Orlando Airport.

But today I looked it up and...the only three nuclear power plants in Florida are either

1. In Miami
2. Somewhat close to Orlando but doesn't have cooling towers
3. West of Orlando

So I'm confused...

What was the building we seen? Can someone familiar with the Orlando area tell me?

 

[Miss Jasmine]

I believe that is Orlando Utilities Commision Stanton Energy Center. It is not a nuclear power plant.

 

[Karel]

According to my husband, who knows his nuclear power, just because it has a cooling tower doesn't mean that it is a nuclear power plant. (But he doesn't know what it could be.)

 

[LoveBWVVBR]

Are you talking about the 2 big smokestack things that you can see off of 417? If so, it's a coal fired plant, or at least that's what we were told when we were looking at houses in the Avalon Park development.

 

[taylor1293]

It's coal burning, located near Avalon Park.

http://yourorlandoconsultant.wordpress.com/2007/09/12/avalon-park-eyesore-stanton-energy-center/

I was wondering...

When we went on our trip two years ago, we drove to the Atlantic ocean...on our way back to Disney, we drove past what seemed to be a massive nuclear power plant, with two of the big classic cooling towers. I also remember seeing it from the Orlando Airport.

But today I looked it up and...the only three nuclear power plants in Florida are either

1. In Miami
2. Somewhat close to Orlando but doesn't have cooling towers
3. West of Orlando

So I'm confused...

What was the building we seen? Can someone familiar with the Orlando area tell me?

 

[kerrynic78]

It's coal burning, located near Avalon Park.

http://yourorlandoconsultant.wordpress.com/2007/09/12/avalon-park-eyesore-stanton-energy-center/

Yep, I can see it from my driveway. The first thing we asked when we bought in Avalon was if it was a nuclear plant. We always know where to look for our house when we are on a plane b/c we can see the towers!