Nuclear power in the United States
In the United States, nuclear power is provided by 96 commercial reactors with a net capacity of 98 gigawatts (GW), with 65 pressurized water reactors and 31 boiling water reactors. In 2022, they produced a total of 771.5 terawatt-hours of electricity, and by 2024 nuclear energy accounted for 18.6% of the nation's total electric energy generation. In 2018, nuclear comprised nearly 50 percent of US emission-free energy generation. As of July 2026, 41 reactors have been permanently shut down. The United States is the world's largest producer of commercial nuclear power, and in 2013 generated 33% of the world's nuclear electricity. With the past and future scheduled plant closings, China and Russia could surpass the United States in nuclear energy production. As of January 2022, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) had granted license renewals to a total of 94 commercial reactors. In early 2014, the NRC prepared to receive the first applications of license renewal beyond 60 years of...
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