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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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I suspect that is just Nuclear Power Plants. There are way more nuclear reactors than that in the US.
There’s also about that many nuclear powered ships in the US Navy.
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.
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.
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.
Here in Ontario, I think we have 16 reactors spread across 3 power plants? And more are purportedly on the way.
The CANDU reactors use heavy water and should, in theory, be safer than light water designs since they can function with unenriched uranium. OTOH the nearest reactor to where I live is in upstate New York and is rather Fukushima-like from what I’ve heard. Also, I don’t know what the new reactors will be, though the provincial gov seems to be pushing SMRs for whatever reason.
and most are pretty old, i think GA is the only state with a new one, SC tried to build new reactors but failed for financial reasons
That ga one finally got finished…
Holly daddy corruption did that thing get milked
