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U.S. Nuclear Generation and Generating Capacity

Data Released: August 26, 2026 Data For: June 2026 Next Release: September 2026

Capacity and Generation by State and Reactor

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2026 P XLSX

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2025 P XLSX
2024 XLSX
2023 XLSX
2022 XLSX
2021 XLSX
2020 XLSX
2019 XLSX
2018 XLSX
2017 XLSX
2016 XLSX
2015 XLSX
2014 XLSX
2013 XLSX
2012 XLSX
2011 XLS
2010 XLS
2009 XLS
2008 XLS
2007 XLS
2006 XLS
2005 XLS
2004 XLS
2003 XLS

P = Preliminary
U.S. Nuclear Generation: 1957 to latest available EIA final data information in the Monthly Energy Review, table 8.1.
U.S. Nuclear power plants projected electricity
generating capacity to 2050

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