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NEI indicates that U.S. Nuclear Power Plants Today:

• have a total of 96 reactors across 56 sites in the U.S.,
• generate 98,070 megawatts-electric of baseload capacity,
• have history of 809.4 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity produced in 2019,
• exhibits a 93.4 percent capacity factor in 2019, and 
• Two nuclear power plants, responsible for over 11.7 billion kilowatt-hours
of carbon-free electricity, were prematurely retired in 2019.

Table of Contents:

THE NUCLEAR ADVANTAGE
U.S. Nuclear Power Plants Today ................................................................................................... 4
Nuclear Energy Creates and Sustains Jobs....................................................................................... 5
Nuclear Energy = Clean Air...............................................................................................................6
2019 U.S. Carbon-Free Electricity Fuel Shares.................................................................................7
2019 Carbon Emissions Avoided by the U.S. Power Industry.......................................................... 8

PERFORMANCE AND COST
U.S. Nuclear Electricity Generation................................................................................................... 9
U.S. Nuclear Industrywide Capacity Factors......................................................................................10
2019 U.S. Electricity Generation Fuel Shares ....................................................................................11
2019 Industry Average Total Generating Costs ................................................................................. 12-13
U.S. Nuclear Industry Total Generating Cost Trends......................................................................... 14
U.S. Nuclear Industry Capital Cost Trends .........................................................................................15
U.S. Nuclear Industry Operations Cost Trends................................................................................... 16
U.S. Nuclear Industry Fuel Cost Trends ..............................................................................................17

STATUS AND OUTLOOK
Prematurely Retired Nuclear Power Plants.......................................................................................... 18
Nuclear Power Plants Announced for Premature Closure ................................................................... 19
Plants Saved From Premature Closure Due to State Actions............................................................... 20
Initial License Renewals ...................................................................................................................... 21
Second License Renewals .....................................................................................................................22
Operating Reactors Around the World.................................................................................................. 23
Operating Reactors, by Supplier Country.............................................................................................. 24
Reactors Under Construction Around the World................................................................................... 25
Reactors Under Construction, by Supplier Country.............................................................................. 26
International Nuclear Influence............................................................................................................. 27