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List of the largest nuclear power stations in the United States

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This article lists the largest nuclear power stations in the United States, in terms of nameplate capacity.

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Power station# UnitsNet capacity
(MWe)
StateLocation
Vogtle44,664 Georgia33°08′35″N 81°45′57″W
Palo Verde33,937 Arizona33°23′21″N 112°51′54″W
Browns Ferry33,775 Alabama34°42′14″N 87°07′07″W
South Texas22,560 Texas28°47′44″N 96°02′56″W
Oconee32,538 South Carolina34°47′38″N 82°53′53″W
Susquehanna22,514 Pennsylvania41°05′20″N 76°08′56″W
McGuire22,430 North Carolina35°25′57″N 80°56′54″W
Watts Bar22,339 Tennessee35°36′10″N 84°47′22″W
Sequoyah22,317 Tennessee35°13′35″N 85°05′30″W
Salem22,304 New Jersey39°27′46″N 75°32′08″W
Byron22,300 Illinois42°4′27″N 89°16′55″W
Limerick22,264 Pennsylvania40°13′36″N 75°35′14″W
Catawba22,258 South Carolina35°3′6″N 81°4′12″W
Braidwood22,389 Illinois41°14′37″N 88°13′45″W
Diablo Canyon22,240 California35°12′39″N 120°51′22″W
LaSalle22,234 Illinois41°14′44″N 88°40′9″W
Peach Bottom22,224 Pennsylvania39°45′30″N 76°16′05″W
Comanche Peak22,208 Texas32°17′54″N 97°47′06″W
Donald C. Cook22,155 Michigan41°58′31″N 86°33′57″W
Indian Point32,083 New York41°16′11″N 73°57′08″W
Millstone22,037 Connecticut41°18′43″N 72°10′07″W
Saint Lucie22,004 Florida27°20′55″N 80°14′47″W
Brunswick21,980 North Carolina33°57′30″N 78°0′37″W
Beaver Valley21,890 Pennsylvania40°37′24″N 80°25′50″W
Dresden21,885 Illinois41°23′23″N 88°16′5″W
Quad Cities21,880 Illinois41°43′35″N 90°18′36″W
Edwin I. Hatch21,848 Georgia31°56′03″N 82°20′38″W
North Anna21,790 Virginia38°03′38″N 77°47′22″W
Arkansas Nuclear One21,776 Arkansas35°18′37″N 93°13′53″W
Nine Mile Point21,761 New York43°31′15″N 76°24′25″W
Joseph M. Farley21,757 Alabama31°13′23″N 85°06′42″W
Calvert Cliffs21,736 Maryland38°25′55″N 76°26′32″W
Surry21,598 Virginia37°09′56″N 76°41′52″W
Grand Gulf11,500 Mississippi32°0′24″N 91°2′54″W
Turkey Point5
(only 2 are nuclear-powered)
1,386 Florida25°26′03″N 80°19′50″W
Callaway11,300 Missouri38°45′42″N 91°46′48″W
Perry11,256 Ohio41°48′03″N 81°08′36″W
Wolf Creek11,250 Kansas38°14′20″N 95°41′20″W
Seabrook11,244 New Hampshire42°53′56″N 70°51′03″W
Enrico Fermi11,198 Michigan41°57′46″N 83°15′27″W
Waterford11,180 Louisiana29°59′43″N 90°28′16″W
Columbia11,170 Washington46°28′16″N 119°20′02″W
Clinton11,098 Illinois40°10′20″N 88°50′06″W
Prairie Island21,096 Minnesota44°37′18″N 92°37′59″W
Hope Creek11,240 New Jersey39°28′04″N 75°32′17″W
Point Beach21,026 Wisconsin44°16′52″N 87°32′12″W
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US nuclear power plants, highlighting recently and soon-to-be retired plants, as of 2013 (US EIA)
Nuclear power plant locations and nameplate capacity of the top 10 states in 2015[1]
Power plants map, August 2016
Power plants map, August 2016

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