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TIL the United States has 94 nuclear power plants. (www.eia.gov)

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In 2024, U.S. utilities operated 94 nuclear reactors with a total net generating capacity of nearly 97 gigawatts (GW), the largest commercial nuclear power generation fleet in the world.

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[–] IWW4@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I suspect that is just Nuclear Power Plants. There are way more nuclear reactors than that in the US.

[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There's also about that many nuclear powered ships in the US Navy.

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 3 points 1 month ago

The last data I have is from 2017, and claimed 92 reactors on 81 ships. I believe that is 70 submarines with a single reactor each, and 11 carriers with two each.

[–] Xavienth@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Well, a nuclear power plant typically has at least one reactor.

Being less of an ass, yes, you're right, there's also reactors not part of a public electricity generating station. Mostly military, but some for training.

[–] IWW4@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

There are a whole lot of nuclear reactors used in medicine. NC State University used to have an active one, I don’t know if they still do.

Also it would be remarkable if any Nuclear Power Plant had a single reactor. I am pretty sure they all have multiple reactors.