104 Nuclear Reactors

Congressman Ed Markey Wants To Expand Nuclear Bureaucracy
Today, the Nuclear Decommissioning Trust Fund stands at over $34 billion to cover the cost of decommissioning the 104 operating nuclear reactors in the US. While some plants will likely begin withdrawing from that fund in the next few…

Surprise! Coal & Nuclear Power Are Keys To Obama's Energy Plan
But President-elect Obama has been lukewarm on nuclear. He acknowledges that nuclear is one of several viable components of the nation’s energy portfolio – the current 104-plant fleet provides 20% of America’s electricity  

Billions For 20th Century's Most Expensive Technological Failure
Meanwhile, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has reported that at least 27 of America’s 104 licensed reactors are now leaking radioactive tritium. The worst case may be Entergy’s Vermont Yankee, near the state’s southeastern border with…

Nuclear Output At A 3-month Low As Indian Point 2 Reactor Shuts
U.S. nuclear output fell for the fourth consecutive day to a three-month low as Entergy Corp. shut down the Indian Point 2 reactor in New York. Production from the 104 U.S. nuclear plants decreased 833 megawatts, or 1 percent,…

Who's Ahead?
Nevertheless, although we’re often quick to point to France as the world’s nuclear power leader, US reactors outnumber French ones by 104 to 58, and both countries have exactly one new plant currently under construction, counting the…