World's largest nuclear plants (Slade Johnson, U.S. Energy Information Administration)

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eia U.S. Energy Information Administration February 6, 2017

The world’s largest nuclear plants differ by age, number of reactors, and utilization

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, based on data from International Atomic Energy Agency Power Reactor Information System

There are currently 449 operating nuclear reactors in 31 countries, with a total installed generating capacity of more than 390,000 megawatts (MW), based on data from the International Atomic Energy Agency. Nuclear power plants differ in various ways including reactor types, vessel containments, cooling methods, and dispatch purposes. The largest nuclear plant in the United States, the Palo Verde plant near Phoenix, Arizona, ranks as the ninth-largest operating nuclear plant in the world and has the highest capacity factor among large nuclear plants. The list of the largest nuclear plants has changed in recent years. Three plants in Japan, each with a generating capacity of more than 4,000 MW, were suspended from Page 1


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