Resources & Stats
Nuclear Statistics
U.S. Nuclear Power Plants
Highlighted information of U.S nuclear power plants such as longest operating durations, largest reactors, state nuclear generation and plant performance.
Environment: Emissions Prevented
Statistical figures on the U.S. and world of the emissions prevented by nuclear power plants.
License Renewal
Nuclear plant breakdown on the status of the U.S. nuclear industry's license renewal process.
Costs: Fuel, Operation and Waste Disposal
The costs of generating electricity with nuclear energy include fuel, operations and management, as well as used fuel management and decommissioning. Since 2001, nuclear power plants have achieved lower production costs than coal, natural gas or oil.
U.S. Reactor Ownership and Management
Nuclear plant and management information including plant sales, mergers and acquisitions, and consolidations.
Nuclear Waste: Amounts and On-Site Storage
High- and low level-waste statistics, as well as on-site storage at plant sites for the U.S. nuclear industry.
Reactors Shut Down or Decommissioned
Information on reactors that have been shut down permanently or decommissioned—fuel removed and the plant partially or wholly dismantled.
World Statistics
General nuclear statistics in the world including the number of plants, total capacity and generation, country by country fuel shares, and reactors under construction.


