Section 8. Nuclear energy

Monthly Energy Review, April, 2005

U.S. nuclear electricity net generation during January 2005 was 70 net terawatthours (billion kilowatthours) of electricity, 1 percent lower than the level in January 2004.

Nuclear units generated at an average capacity factor of 94.6 percent in January 2005, 1.3 percentage points lower than the capacity factor in January 2004.

The nuclear share of total electricity net generation in January 2005 was 20.3 percent, compared with 20.5 percent 1 year earlier.

On January 31, 2004, there were 104 operable nuclear generating units in the United States, with a collective net summer capacity of 99.2 million kilowatts of electricity.