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.
Fields
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
- PWR = Pressurized water reactor
- BWR = Boiling water reactor
- PHWR = Pressurized heavy-water reactor
- GCR = Gas-cooled reactor; rare in the USA
Gross MWe
Rated gross megawatts of electricity (the maximum amount of electricity the plant can generate)
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