The United States operates the world’s largest nuclear power plant fleet - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
www.eia.gov

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.

  • IWW4@lemmy.zip
    10·
    4 days ago

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

      • Rivalarrival@lemmy.todayEnglish
        3·
        3 days 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.

  • expatriado@lemmy.world
    6·
    4 days ago

    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

  • 🇨🇦 tunetardis@piefed.caEnglish
    1·
    3 days ago

    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.