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US Nuclear Plants by State

Arkansas

The first nuclear power plant in the region was established at Russellville. About 30 percent of the state's electricity is generated in nuclear power plants.

 

Arizona

The city of Los Angeles also imports power from a nuclear plant at Palo Verde in Arizona.

 

California

About one-quarter of California's electricity generation comes from four nuclear reactors, two at Diablo Canyon west of San Luis Obispo and two at San Onofre southeast of San Clemente.

 

Florida

In 1972 and 1973, two nuclear power plants began operating at Turkey Point near Biscayne Bay. Three other nuclear plants, two on Hutchinson Island near Fort Pierce and the other at Crystal River on the Gulf Coast, began supplying power in the later 1970s and early 1980s.

 

Kansas

Wolf Creek Generating Station is located near Burlington.

 

Illinois

In the mid-1990s there were 13 nuclear power plants in Illinois, of which one was at Clinton and two each were at Braidwood, Byron, Cordova, Morris, Seneca, and Zion. Illinois has more nuclear power plants than any other state and gets more electricity from nuclear energy than does any other state.

 

Louisiana

Some 21 percent of the electricity comes from two nuclear power plants constructed during the 1980s in Taft and Saint Francisville.

 

Maine

A nuclear power plant at Wiscasset was jointly sponsored by several electric power companies and in the mid-1990s produced about three-quarters of the electricity generated.

 

Maryland

Maryland's two nuclear power plants provide 26 percent of the electricity generated.

 

Massachusetts

The state has one nuclear power plant, at Plymouth.

 

Michigan

Another 17 percent of the electricity came from the state's five nuclear power plants, of which two were at Bridgman and one each was at Big Rock Point, Newport, and South Haven.

 

Minnesota

The remainder of the power comes from the state's three nuclear power plants, of which two are at Red Wing and one is at Monticello.

 

Mississippi

All of the remainder is generated at the state's sole nuclear plant in Grand Gulf.

 

Missouri

The state's only nuclear power plant, located near Fulton, began operation in 1984.

 

Nebraska

About 29 percent of Nebraska's electricity is generated by nuclear power plants at Brownville and Fort Calhoun.

 

New Hampshire

More than one-half of the electricity generated in New Hampshire comes from the Seabrook nuclear power plant, located south of Portsmouth. The state's sole nuclear facility began commercial operation in 1990.

 

New Jersey

There are four nuclear power plants in New Jersey, of which three are at Salem and one is at Toms River.

 

New York

In the mid-1990s New York had six nuclear power plants in operation, of which three were at Scriba, two were at Indian Point, and one was at Oswego.

 

Ohio

Ohio has two nuclear power plants in operation, one at Oak Harbor and the other at Perry.

 

Pennsylvania

In the mid-1990s the state had nine operating nuclear reactors. In 1979, a near core meltdown in a nuclear reactor at Three Mile Island near Harrisburg resulted in the shutdown of that reactor and, for a short time, the partial evacuation of nearby residents.

 

South Carolina

About three-fifths of the electricity generated in South Carolina comes from nuclear power plants. The state has seven nuclear plants, of which three are at Seneca, two at Catawba, and one each at Hartsville and Jenkinsville.

 

Tennessee

Oak Ridge. It is a leading center for research and production in the fields of nuclear energy and environmental management.

 

Texas

The state's four nuclear power plants produce about 11 percent of the electricity generated. Two nuclear plants are at Glen Rose, near Fort Worth, and two at Bay City, in southeastern Texas.

 

Vermont

A nuclear power plant opened in Vernon in 1972.

 

Washington

Washington's single nuclear plant, at Hanford, is the only one to be completed out of five begun in the late 1970s. Tremendous cost escalation in the ambitious construction program halted construction on the others.

 

Wisconsin

There are nuclear power plants at Kewaunee and Point Beach, which combined produce nearly one-quarter of Wisconsin's electric power.