Resources & Stats
Graphics and Charts
Generation Statistics
Historical, state-by-state, and international data on electricity generation from the nuclear industry and other generation types.
Operating Costs
Data on the operating costs of the U.S. nuclear, coal, gas and oil electric industries, including information on fuel, operations and maintenance, and other costs.
Clean Air
Quantitative data on emissions of carbon dioxide and other pollutants avoided by the use of nuclear energy.
License Information
Nuclear power plant license expirations and renewals.
Plant Information
Nuclear power plant information, including location, size, operations, and ownership.
Performance Statistics
Aggregate information on the U.S. nuclear industry's capacity factors and outages, and capacity factors for other generation types. Capacity factor, the most common measure of plant performance, compares actual generation to the maximum possible generation for a given period of time, usually on an annual basis.
Power Uprates
Approved and future power uprates at U.S. nuclear facilities.
Safety and Regulatory
Safety accident rates, significant events and unplanned automatic scrams at U.S. nuclear power plants.
Used Fuel
Status of used nuclear fuel and payments to the Nuclear Waste Fund created to pay for a permanent national repository.
Viewpoints on Nuclear Energy
New Nuclear Plant Status
Video
An eight-minute, streaming audio-video clip presenting the security measures in effect at nuclear power plants, including a regimen of armed guards, patrols, detection equipment, and physical barriers, as well as the design of the plant itself.