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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[-] expatriado@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks 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

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[-] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 5 points 3 weeks ago

That ga one finally got finished...

Holly daddy corruption did that thing get milked

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