US Nuclear Reactors

Wikipedia contributors. 2018. "List of nuclear reactors," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Accessed May 15, 2018. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nuclear_reactors.

US Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 2018. "List of power reactor units." Accessed May 15, 2018. https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/list-power-reactor-units.html.

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Name
Common name for the site

Unit
Reactor unit number. Sites often have multiple reactor units that open and/or shut down at different times.

Status

• Planned: Planned or under constructed
• Unfinished: Constructed but never opened
• Operational: Generating power commercially
• Shut Down: Not operational but not fully decomissioned)
• Decommissioned

Latitude
WGS 84 centroid latitude

Longitude
WGS 84 centroid longitude

Wikipedia Location
Description of plant location given in Wikipedia

Reactor Type

1. PWR = Pressurized water reactor
2. BWR = Boiling water reactor
3. PHWR = Pressurized heavy-water reactor
4. GCR = Gas-cooled reactor; rare in the USA

Gross MWe

Commercial Start
Start of commercial energy generation. January 1 dates used when only a year is available.

Commercial End
Termination of commercial energy generation. January 1 dates used when only a year is available.

NRC Region
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has divided the US territory into four regions.

• 1 = Northeast
• 2 = Southeast
• 3 = Northern Midwest
• 4 = Southern Midwest and West

NRC Location
Description of plant location given by the NRC

NRC Docket Number
Docket number used by the NRC for cases involving specific plants

NRC License Number
License number used by the NRC

NRC Owner-Operator
Owner and/or operator listed by the NRC