In 2021, for the second consecutive year, U.S. nuclear electricity generation declined. Output from U.S. nuclear power plants totaled 778 m
The loss of electricity generation from the retirement of Indian Point Unit 3 in 2021 was partially offset by an increase in the generation of the remaining nuclear fleet at a higher capacity factor. Capacity factors measure how much of the time units operate, and nuclear unitsthan almost all other electricity-generating technologies. The U.S. nuclear power fleet has achieved an average annual capacity factor of at least 90% in every year since 2012.
Although output has been rising from renewable energy sources and from turbine plants using natural gas, the U.S. nuclear fleet continues to operate at high and consistent utilization rates. Financial pressures from competitive wholesale power markets remain the primary cause of nuclear power plant retirements. Four units at two sites in Illinois had announced their intention to retire but then
after the Illinois state legislature provided financial incentives to support the nuclear units’ continued operation.$6 billion to prevent the premature retirement of existing nuclear power plants . The funding will be made available to nuclear power plants that might otherwise retire and that are certified by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission as safe to continue operations.
Two nuclear generating units now under construction in Georgia plan to come online by the end of 2023. Each unit is rated at 1,114 MW, and they will be the first nuclear units to come online in the United States since Tennessee’s
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