The nuclear regulatory commission protecting people and the environment. While the majority comes from fossil fuels like natural gas 32 1 and coal 29 9 there are also many other minor sources that feed into the grid ranging from biomass to geothermal. Every year the united states generates 4 000 million mwh of electricity from utility scale sources.
This map shows every power plant in the united states. Select your state to see how nuclear energy benefits your community. Across the united states 95 nuclear reactors power tens of millions of homes and anchor local communities.
Power reactors are distinguished from nonpower reactors which are reactors used for research training and test purposes and for the production of radioisotopes for medical industrial and academic uses. Operating nuclear power reactors by location or name an operating nuclear power reactor is designed to produce heat for electric generation. Summer site in fairfax county.
In addition to the new reactors approved by the nrc in georgia the commission is expected to vote on final approval of two additional reactors at the v c. As an increasing number of coal fired power plants are closing across the nation some are looking to nuclear power to fill this void and meet the expected surge in electricity demands in the coming decades. The nuclear power plant is owned and operated mainly by the arizona public service company which claims about 29 stake of the company.
The power from the station serves approximately 4 million people. It is the largest power station in the us by power output with an average electric power production of over 3 gigawatts. Nuclear accidents don t just happen in other countries such as the chernobyl accident in pripyat in northern ukrainian it can happen here.
You can zoom in to an area to view even more. Below is a map of nuclear power plants within the united states. The list only includes civilian nuclear power reactors used to generate electricity for a power grid all commercial nuclear reactors use nuclear fission as of april 2020 there are 440 operable power reactors in the world with a combined electrical capacity of 390 gw.
This is a list of all the commercial nuclear reactors in the world sorted by country with operational status.
Location nuclear power plants in us. Nuclear power in the united states is provided by 96 commercial reactors with a net capacity of 98 gigawatts gw 64 pressurized water reactors and 32 boiling water reactors. In 2019 they produced a total of 809 409 thousand megawatt hours of electricity which accounted for 20 of the nation s total electric energy generation. In 2018 nuclear energy comprised nearly 50 percent of u s. The following page lists all nuclear power stations that are larger than 1 000 mw in current net capacity.
Those power stations that are smaller than 1 000 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 reactors the list is based on figures from pris power reactor information system maintained by.
Those power stations that are smaller than 1 000 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 reactors the list is based on figures from pris power reactor information system maintained by. The following page lists all nuclear power stations that are larger than 1 000 mw in current net capacity. In 2018 nuclear energy comprised nearly 50 percent of u s.
In 2019 they produced a total of 809 409 thousand megawatt hours of electricity which accounted for 20 of the nation s total electric energy generation. Nuclear power in the united states is provided by 96 commercial reactors with a net capacity of 98 gigawatts gw 64 pressurized water reactors and 32 boiling water reactors.
