Nuclear Power Plants In The Usa

As of january 1 2020 96 nuclear reactors were operating at 58 nuclear power plants in 29 states.

Wedding ordained minister. The power from the station serves approximately 4 million people. In 2019 they produced a total of 80941 terawatt hours of electricity which accounted for 20 of the nations total electric energy generation. Those power stations that are smaller than 1000 mw and those that are only at a planning or proposal stage may be found in regional lists at the end of the page or in the list of nuclear reactorsthe list is based on figures from pris power reactor information system maintained by.

At the end of december 2019 the united states had 96 operating commercial nuclear reactors at 58 nuclear power plants in 29 states. Across the united states 94 nuclear reactors power tens of millions of homes and anchor local communities. Thirty five of the plants have two or more reactors.

The following page lists all nuclear power stations that are larger than 1000 mw in current net capacity. 6 miles wnw of russellville ar. Nuclear power in the united states is provided by 95 commercial reactors with a net capacity of 98 gigawatts gw 64 pressurized water reactors and 32 boiling water reactors.

Select your state to see how nuclear energy benefits your community. The nuclear power plant is owned and operated mainly by the arizona public service company which claims about 29 stake of the company. Plant name docket number license number reactor type location owneroperator nrc region.

Nuclear power plants have generated about 20 of us. Arkansas nuclear 1 05000313. Arkansas nuclear 2 05000368.

The average age of these nuclear reactors is about 38 years old. The oldest operating reactor nine mile point unit 1 in new york began commercial operation in december 1969. Entergy nuclear operations inc.

In 2018 nuclear energy comprised nearly 50 percent of us. Nuclear power plants have supplied about 20 of total annual us. It is the largest power station in the us by power output with an average electric power production of over 3 gigawatts.