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What is the largest power station in the US?

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At the moment, the largest operating nuclear generation station is Bruce Power Nuclear Generating Station in Ontario, Canada. It has 6 units online out of 8 and is producing 4,640 MW, two more untis are being restarted and when they come back online in 2010 the capacity for Bruce Power will be 7,276 MW. The largest nuclear reactor station ever constructed is the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant in Japan, but it was shut down in 2007 due to earthquake damage.

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There are 104 nuclear power plants currently operating in the United States. These are divided by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission into four districts.

Region One (The Northeast) has plants in Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, and New Hampshire.

Region Two (The South) has plants in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, and Mississippi.

Region Three (The Midwest) has plants in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, and Iowa.

Region Four (The West) has plants in Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Texas, Colorado, Arizona, Washington, Oregon, and California.

This does not include plants that have been closed or have never come on line. Nor does it include Canadian plants, which are close by.

Nuclear power plants are built in places where there is a lot of water available for cooling. For this reason they are usually built beside rivers, lakes, or oceans.

See the related link below for an interactive map.

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The largest nuclear station in the US, in terms of electrical output, is the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station in Wintersburg, Arizona. There is a link below to an article on it.

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You will find this on the NRC website, www.nrc.gov . Look for 'Nuclear Reactors' tab and then 'Operating Reactor Locations'

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Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station is the largest power station in the United States.

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Thermal power plants include both conventional and nuclear systems. Data is available on a state by state basis (See example at Link)

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