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US Statistics / Nuclear Fleet Sets Generation Record, Cuts Costs

By David Dalton
16 April 2020

NEI says 96 reactors accounted for nearly 55% of all carbon-free electricity
 Nuclear Fleet Sets Generation Record, Cuts Costs
The Pilgrom nuclear plant was one of two that shut down prematurely in 2019.
The US fleet of 96 commercial nuclear power plants generated a record 809.4 million MWh of electricity in 2019, the highest since the birth of commercial nuclear power in 1957, the Washington-based Nuclear Energy Institute said in a report.

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