U.S. nuclear power plant outages
May 23 (Reuters) - The following table lists total U.S. nuclear power generation capacity and the capacity offline due to planned and unplanned reasons, according to the daily data from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Total capacity EL-USTOTCAP-MW ......... 96,986 MW
Total out today EL-USOUTAGE-MW ........ 13,254 MW (14%)
Total out previous day .................. 13,589 MW (14%)
Total out year-ago ...................... 4,432 MW (5%)
5-year average out ...................... 9,961 MW (10%)
Percent change from year-ago ............ 199%
Percent change from 5-yr avg ............ 33.1%
CURRENT OUTAGES
UNIT | OPERATOR | MW | STATE | SHUT | RESTART |
NORTHEAST (NPCC) | |||||
Calvert Cliffs 1 | Exelon | 872 | MD | May 22 | May 30 |
PJM | |||||
Quad Cities 1 | Exelon | 908 | IL | May 20 | May 30 |
Monticello | Xcel | 617 | MN | April 21 | May 30 |
Salem 1 | PSEG | 1,153 | MJ | April 14 | May 30 |
Susquehanna 2 | PPL Corp | 1,247 | PA | March 24 | May 30 |
MIDCONTINENT | |||||
Callaway | Ameren | 1,190 | MO | March 31 | May 30 |
| |||||
SOUTHEAST (SERC) | |||||
River Bend Station 1 | Entergy | 968 | LA | May 22 | May 30 |
Waterford 3 | Entergy | 1,165 | LA | April 28 | May 30 |
Sequoyah 2 | TVA | 964 | TN | July 31, 2024 | May 30 |
Farley 2 | Southern | 877 | AL | March 17 | May 30 |
Vogtle 3* | Southern | 1,117 | GS | May 23 | June 6 |
SPP | |||||
ERCOT | |||||
WEST (WECC) | |||||
Columbia Generating Station | Energy NW | 1,163 | WA | April 14 | May 30 |
*: New outage on the list, or new information on outage listed
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