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OPERATING NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS IN THE UNITED STATES

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There are currently 104 nuclear reactors operating at 65 plants across the country that provide approximately 20 percent of the nation’s electricity. Below is a summary of Energy Information Administration profiles of the 31 states with nuclear plants ranked by the amount of electricity generated. Included in each citation is name of the plant, the owner, the location, the type of reactor (boiling water reactor (BWR) or pressurized water reactor (PWR)), and the nearest metropolitan areas.

Additional detailed information about each of these plants, including the number of people living within 10 miles of each plant according to the 2000 census, can be found on UCS’s Nuclear Power Information Tracker.

1. 
   Illinois (6 plants, 11 reactors)
   

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  Braidwood Nuclear Generating Station, Braidwood, 2 PWR reactors (Joliet, Chicago, Gary)
  
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  Byron Nuclear Generating Station, Byron, 2 PWR reactors (Davenport, Peoria, Iowa City)
  
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  Clinton Nuclear Generating Station, Clinton, 1 BWR reactor (Champaign, Decatur, Springfield, Bloomington)
  
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  Dresden Nuclear Power Plant, Morris, 2 BWR reactors (Chicago, Joliet, Gary)
  
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  LaSalle County Nuclear Generating Station, Ottawa, 2 BWR reactors (Chicago, Joliet, Rockford)
  
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  Quad Cities Nuclear Generating Station, Cordova, 2 BWR reactors (Davenport)
  

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   Pennsylvania (5 plants, 9 reactors)
   

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  Beaver Valley Power Station, First Energy, Shippingport, 2 PWR reactors (Pittsburgh, Youngstown, Wheeling)
  
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  Limerick Generating Station, Exelon, Limerick, 2 BWR reactors (Wilkes Barre, Scranton)
  
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  Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, Exelon, Delta, 2 BWR reactors (Harrisburg, Baltimore, Wilmington)
  
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  Susquehanna Nuclear Generating Station, PPL Susquehanna, Berwick, 2 BWR reactors (Wilkes Barre, Scranton, Allentown)
  
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  Three Mile Island, Exelon, Harrisburg, 1 PWR reactor (Harrisburg)
  

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   South Carolina (4 plants, 7 reactors)
   

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  Catawba Nuclear Station, Duke Energy, Concord Peninsula, 2 PWR reactors (Charlotte)
  
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  Oconee Nuclear Station, Duke Energy, Seneca, 3 PWR reactors (Greenville)
  
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  H. B. Robinson 2 Nuclear Station, Progress Energy, Hartsville, 1 PWR reactor (Myrtle Beach, Fayetteville, N.C.)
  
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  V. C. Summer, South Carolina Electric & Gas, Jenkinsville, 1 PWR reactor (Columbia)
  

4. 
   New York (4 plants, 6 reactors)
   

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  (James A.) FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant, Entergy, Scriba, 1 BWR reactor (Oswego, Syracuse, Rochester, Utica)
  
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  (Robert E.) Ginna Nuclear Power Plant, R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant LLC, Ontario, 1 PWR reactor (Rochester)
  
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  Indian Point Energy Center, Entergy, Buchanan, 2 PWR reactors (New York City, Poughkeepsie, Stamford, Bridgeport, New Haven, Danbury, Long Island)
  
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  Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, Nine Mile Point Nuclear Sta LLC, Scriba, 2 BWR reactors (Oswego, Syracuse, Rochester, Utica)
  

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   Texas (2 plants, 4 reactors)
   

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  Comanche Peak, Luminant, Glen Rose, 2 PWR reactors (Dallas, Forth Worth, Austin)
  
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  South Texas, STP Nuclear Operating, Bay City, 2 PWR reactors (Houston, San Antonio, Austin)
  

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   North Carolina (3 plants, 5 reactors)
   

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  Brunswick Nuclear Power Plant, Progress Energy, Southport, 2 BWR reactors (Wilmington, Myrtle Beach, Charleston)
  
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  Shearon Harris Nuclear Generating Station, Progress Energy, New Hill, 1 PWR reactor (Raleigh, Durham)
  
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  McGuire Nuclear Power Plant, Duke Energy, Huntersville, 2 PWR reactors (Charlotte)
  

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   California (2 plants, 3 reactors)
   

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  San Onofre, Southern California Edison, San Clemente, 2 PWR reactors (Los Angeles, San Diego)
  
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  Diablo Canyon, Pacific Gas & Electric, San Luis Obispo, 1 PWR reactor (Santa Barbara, Los Angeles)
  

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   Alabama (2 plants, 5 reactors)
   

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  Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, TVA, Athens, 3 BWR reactors (Nashville, Chattanooga, Birmingham)
  
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  (Joseph M.) Farley Nuclear Power Plant, Alabama Power, Dothan, 2 PWR reactors (Columbus Ga., Tallahassee)
  

9. 
   Georgia (2 plants, 4 reactors)
   

Owner: Southern Co./Georgia Power.

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  (Edwin I.) Hatch Nuclear Power Plant, Baxley, 2 BWR reactors (Savannah)
  
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  (Alvin W.) Vogtle, Waynesboro, 2 PWR reactors (Columbia and Charleston S.C., Atlanta)
  

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    New Jersey (3 plants, 4 reactors)
    

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  Hope Creek Nuclear Power Plant, PSEG Nuclear, Lower Alloways Creek Township, 1 BWR reactor (Wilmington, Philadelphia, Atlantic City)
  
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  Oyster Creek Generating Station, Exelon, Forked River, 1 BWR reactor (Trenton, Toms River, Atlantic City, Philadelphia)
  
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  Salem Nuclear Plant, PSEG Nuclear, Lower Alloways Creek Township, 2 PWR reactors (Wilmington, Philadelphia, Atlantic City)
  

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    Michigan (3 plants, 4 reactors)
    

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  D.C. Cook Nuclear Power Plant, Indiana Michigan Power, Bridgman, 2 PWR reactors (Chicago, Kalamazoo, Grand Rapids)
  
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  Fermi Nuclear Power Plant, Detroit Edison, near Detroit, 1 BWR reactor (Detroit)
  
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  Palisades Power Plant, Entergy Nuclear, South Haven, 1 PWR reactor (Grand Rapids)
  

12. 
    Florida (3 plants, 5 reactors)
    

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  Crystal River Nuclear Power Plant, Progress Energy, Crystal River, 1 PWR reactor (Tampa, Orlando, Gainesville)
  
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  St. Lucie Nuclear Power Plant, Florida Power & Light, Hutchinson Island, 2 PWR reactors (Port St. Lucie, Fort Lauderdale)
  
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  Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Station, Florida Power & Light, Homestead, 2 PWR reactors (Miami)
  

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    Tennessee (2 plants, 3 reactors)
    

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  Sequoyah Nuclear Power Plant, Soddy-Daisy, 2 PWR reactors (Chattanooga, Knoxville)
  
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  Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Spring City, 1 PWR reactor (Knoxville, Chattanooga)
  

14. 
    Vermont (1 plant, 1 reactor)
    

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  Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station, Entergy, Vernon, 1 BWR reactor (Brattleboro, Albany, Nashua, Manchester, Springfield, Boston)
  

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    Arizona (1 plant, 3 reactors)
    

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  Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, Arizona Public Service, Wintersburg, 3 PWR reactors (Phoenix)
  

16. 
    Louisiana (2 plants, 2 reactors)
    

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  River Bend Station, West Feliciana, 1 BWR reactor (Baton Rouge)
  
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  Waterford Steam Electric Station, Taft, 1 PWR reactor (New Orleans)
  

17. 
    Connecticut (1 plant, 2 reactors)
    

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  Millstone Nuclear Power Station, Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Millstone Point, 2 PWR reactors (Waterford, New London, New Haven, Providence)
  

Nuclear power produces more than 10 percent of Ohio’s electricity.

Owner: FirstEnergy

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  Davis-Besse Nuclear Generating Station, Oak Harbor, 1 PWR reactor (Toledo, Cleveland)
  
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  Perry Nuclear Power Plant, North Perry, 1 BWR reactor (Cleveland, Akron, Youngstown, Erie)
  

Nuclear power produces nearly 30 percent of Arkansas’ electricity.

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  Arkansas Nuclear One, Entergy, Russellville, 2 PWR reactors (Little Rock)
  

20) Maryland (1 plant, 2 reactors)

Nuclear power produces nearly 30 percent of Maryland’s electricity.

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  Calvert Cliffs, Constellation Energy, Lusby, 2 PWR reactors (Baltimore, Washington)
  

21. 
    Minnesota (2 plants, 3 reactors)
    

Owner: Northern States Power

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  Monticello Nuclear Power Plant, Monticello, 1 BWR reactor (Minneapolis)
  
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  Prairie Island Nuclear Power Plant, Red Wing, 2 PWR reactors (Minneapolis)
  

21. 
    Wisconsin (2 plants, 3 reactors)
    

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  Kewaunee Power Station, Dominion Energy, Carlton, 1 PWR reactor
  
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  Point Beach Nuclear Plant, FPL Energy Point Beach, Two Creeks, 2 PWR reactors (Green Bay, Milwaukee, Grand Rapids)
  

Nuclear power generates about 18 percent of Nebraska’s electricity.

Cooper Nuclear Station, Brownsville, 1 BWR reactor (Omaha, Lincoln, Kansas City)

Fort Calhoun Nuclear Power Plant, Fort Calhoun, 1 PWR reactor (Omaha)

24. 
    New Hampshire (1 plant, 1 reactor)
    

Owner: Florida Power & Light

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  Seabrook Nuclear Generating Station, Portsmouth, 1 PWR reactor (Manchester, Portland, Boston)
  

24. 
    Kansas (1 plant, 1 reactor)
    

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  Wolf Creek Generating Station, Wolf Creek Nuclear, Burlington, 1 PWR reactor (Wichita, Kansas City)
  

24. 
    Missouri (1 plant, 1 reactor)
    

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  Callaway Nuclear Plant, Union Electric, Fulton, 1 PWR reactor (Columbia, Jefferson City, St. Louis)
  

24. 
    Mississippi (1 plant, 1 reactor)
    

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  Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, System Energy Resources, Port Gibson, 1 BWR reactor (Jackson)
  

24. 
    Washington (1 plant, 1 reactor)
    

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  Columbia Generating Station, Energy Northwest, Hanford, 1 BWR reactor (Yakima, Seattle, Spokane)
  

24. 
    Massachusetts (1 plant, 1 reactor)
    

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  Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station, Entergy, Plymouth, 1 BWR reactor (Boston)
  

Nuclear power produces nearly 33 percent of Virginia’s electricity.

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  North Anna Power Station, Mineral, 2 PWR reactors (Richmond, Charlottesville)
  
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  Surry Nuclear Generating Station, Williamsburg, 2 PWR reactors (Richmond, Norfolk, Newport News, Hampton, Virginia Beach)
  

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    Iowa (1 plant, 1 reactor)
    

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  Duane Arnold Energy Center, Florida Power & Light, Palo, 1 BWR reactor (Cedar Rapids, Iowa City, Davenport, Des Moines)