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At the end of december 2019 the united states had 96 operating commercial nuclear reactors at 58 nuclear power plants in 29 states. The explosions and nuclear fuel rods melting at japans fukushima nuclear power plant following the sendai earthquake and tsunami last week have caused fears of what will happen next. In operation since the early 1970s up until 1997 when it was dismantled and returned to united states due to a 1997 law against use of nuclear energy in uruguay.

Fuel costs for nuclear plants are a minor proportion of total generating costs though capital costs are greater than those for coal fired plants and much greater than those for gas fired plants. Urr reactor a small pool type research reactor placed in centro de investigaciones nucleares cin. The oldest operating reactor nine mile point unit 1 in new york began commercial operation in december 1969.

The average age of these nuclear reactors is about 38 years old. Nuclear power is cost competitive with other forms of electricity generation except where there is direct access to low cost fossil fuels. Presently the vast majority of electricity from nuclear power is produced by nuclear fission of uranium.

Average price of electricity to ultimate customers by end use sector by state august 2020 and 2019 cents per kilowatthour. Nuclear power is the use of nuclear reactions that release nuclear energy to generate heat which most frequently is then used in steam turbines to produce electricity in a nuclear power plantnuclear power can be obtained from nuclear fission nuclear decay and nuclear fusion reactions. Energy information administration 1000 independence ave sw washington.

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