List of canceled nuclear reactors in the United States
This is a list of canceled nuclear reactors in the United States.
History
The late 1960s and early 1970s saw a rapid growth in the development of nuclear power in the United States. By 1976, however, many nuclear plant proposals were no longer viable due to a slower rate of growth in electricity demand, significant cost and time overruns, and more complex regulatory requirements. Also, there was considerable public opposition to nuclear power in the US by this time, which contributed to delays in licensing planned nuclear power stations, and further increased costs.[1]
In 1969, a different type of reactor, Alvin Weinberg's molten salt reactor experiment at ORNL was shut down, after proving that molten salt combined with nuclear fuel can work without a LOCA (loss of cooling accident). Although just experimental, continued and aggressive development could have paved the way to much safer and less expensive reactors.[2] and [3]
By the end of the 1970s it became clear that nuclear power would not grow nearly as dramatically as once believed. This was particularly galvanized by the Three Mile Island accident in 1979. Eventually, more than 120 reactor orders were ultimately cancelled[4] and the construction of new reactors ground to a halt. Al Gore has commented on the historical record and reliability of nuclear power in the United States:
Of the 253 nuclear power reactors originally ordered in the United States from 1953 to 2008, 48 percent were cancelled, 11 percent were prematurely shut down, 14 percent experienced at least a one-year-or-more outage, and 27 percent are operating without having a year-plus outage. Thus, only about one fourth of those ordered, or about half of those completed, are still operating and have proved relatively reliable.[5]
A cover story in the February 11, 1985, issue of Forbes magazine commented on the overall management of the nuclear power program in the United States:
The failure of the U.S. nuclear power program ranks as the largest managerial disaster in business history, a disaster on a monumental scale ... only the blind, or the biased, can now think that the money has been well spent. It is a defeat for the U.S. consumer and for the competitiveness of U.S. industry, for the utilities that undertook the program and for the private enterprise system that made it possible.[6]
During the 2000s, aging infrastructure, growing power use and fears of global climate change all prompted what was then called the "nuclear renaissance". Engineering companies noted that the commissioning process was a major barrier to further construction, and changes to the system were carried out by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission as part of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, along with new tax incentives and loan guarantees. As many as 30 new reactors were planned by 2009.[7]
As of February 2021[update], only two new reactors are still under construction, both at Vogtle. The project has announced significant delays and budget overruns. Most of the other new builds and the equally extensive list of upgrades to existing reactors have been shelved [1].
Cancelled nuclear reactors
Name[n 1] | Unit | Type | Model* | Status | Location | Net capacity in MW | Gross capacity in MW | Contract year | Construction start | Project close | Refs |
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Allens Creek | 1 | BWR | GE | Cancelled Plan | Wallis, ![]() | 1,160 | 1,207 | 1973 | - | 1982-09-01 | |
Allens Creek | 2 | BWR | GE | Cancelled Plan | Wallis, ![]() | 1,160 | 1,207 | 1973 | - | 1976-09-01 | |
Alabama Power Co | 1 | BWR | GE | Cancelled Plan | Selma, ![]() | - | - | - | |||
Alabama Power Co | 2 | BWR | GE | Cancelled Plan | Selma, ![]() | - | - | - | |||
Atlantic (offshore) | 1 | PWR | Cancelled Plan | Atlantic City, ![]() | 1,150 | 1,211 | 1972 | - | 1978-12-01 | ||
Atlantic (offshore) | 2 | PWR | Cancelled Plan | Atlantic City, ![]() | 1,150 | 1,211 | 1972 | - | 1978-12-01 | ||
Atlantic (offshore) | 3 | PWR | Cancelled Plan | Atlantic City, ![]() | 1,150 | 1,211 | 1973 | - | 1978-12-01 | ||
Atlantic (offshore) | 4 | PWR | Cancelled Plan | Atlantic City, ![]() | 1,150 | 1,211 | 1973 | - | 1978-12-01 | ||
Bailly (converted to coal) | 1 | BWR | GE | Cancelled Construction | Westchester Township, Porter County, Indiana, ![]() | 660 | 686 | 1967 | 1974-01-01 | 1981-08-01 | |
Barton | 1 | BWR | GE | Cancelled Plan | Clanton, ![]() | 1,209 | 1,254 | 1972 | - | 1977-11-01 | |
Barton | 2 | BWR | GE | Cancelled Plan | Clanton, ![]() | 1,209 | 1,254 | 1972 | - | 1977-11-01 | |
Barton | 3 | BWR | GE | Cancelled Plan | Clanton, ![]() | 1,209 | 1,254 | 1974 | - | 1975-11-01 | |
Barton | 4 | BWR | GE | Cancelled Plan | Clanton, ![]() | 1,209 | 1,254 | 1974 | - | 1975-11-01 | |
Bell Bend | 1 | PWR | Areva European Pressurized Water Reactor | Cancelled Plan | Salem, ![]() | 1,600 | 1,720 | - | - | - | |
Bell Station | 1 | Cancelled Plan | Lansing, ![]() | 838 | 1967 | - | 1972 | ||||
Bellefonte | 1 | PWR | B&W Model 205 | Suspended Construction | Scottsboro, ![]() | 1,235 | 1,263 | 1970 | 1974-09-01 | 1988-01-01 | |
Bellefonte | 2 | PWR | B&W Model 205 | Suspended Construction | Scottsboro, ![]() | 1,235 | 1,263 | 1970 | 1974-09-01 | 1988-01-01 | |
Bellefonte | 3 | PWR | WH AP1000 | Cancelled Plan | Scottsboro, ![]() | 1117 | - | - | - | ||
Bellefonte | 4 | PWR | WH AP1000 | Cancelled Plan | Scottsboro, ![]() | 1117 | - | - | - | ||
Black Fox | 1 | BWR | GE | Cancelled Construction | Inola, ![]() | 1,150 | 1,226 | 1973 | 1978-07-01 | 1982-02-01 | |
Black Fox | 2 | BWR | GE | Cancelled Construction | Inola, ![]() | 1,150 | 1,226 | 1973 | 1978-07-01 | 1982-02-01 | |
Blue Hills (formerly Sunken Log) | 1 | PWR | Cancelled Plan | Jasper, ![]() | 930 | 957 | 1973 | - | 1978-08-01 | ||
Blue Hills (formerly Sunken Log) | 2 | PWR | Cancelled Plan | Jasper, ![]() | 930 | 957 | 1974 | - | 1978-08-01 | ||
Bodega Bay | 1 | BWR | GE | Cancelled Construction | Bodega Head, ![]() | 313 | 589 | - | 1958 | 1964 | |
Callaway | 2 | PWR | Cancelled Construction | Callaway, ![]() | 1,120 | 1,176 | 1973 | 1975-10-01 | 1981-10-01 | ||
Callaway | 2 | PWR | Areva European Pressurized Water Reactor | Cancelled Plan | Callaway, ![]() | 1,600 | 2008 | - | 2015-8 | ||
Calvert Cliffs | 3 | PWR | Areva European Pressurized Water Reactor | Cancelled Plan | Calvert County, ![]() | 1,600 | 1,720 | - | - | 2015-06-08 | |
Carroll County | 1 | PWR | Cancelled Plan | Savanna, ![]() | 1,120 | 1,150 | 1978 | - | 1988-12-01 | ||
Carroll County | 2 | PWR | Cancelled Plan | Savanna, ![]() | 1,120 | 1,150 | 1978 | - | 1988-12-01 | ||
Central Iowa | 1 | BWR | GE | Cancelled Plan | ![]() | 1,100 | 1,160 | - | - | 1975-09-01 | |
Cherokee | 1 | PWR | Cancelled Construction | Gaffney, ![]() | 1,280 | 1,343 | 1973 | 1976-06-01 | 1983-04-01 | ||
Cherokee | 2 | PWR | Cancelled Construction | Gaffney, ![]() | 1,280 | 1,343 | 1973 | 1976-06-01 | 1982-11-01 | ||
Cherokee | 3 | PWR | Cancelled Construction | Gaffney, ![]() | 1,280 | 1,343 | 1973 | 1976-06-01 | 1982-11-01 | ||
Clinch River Breeder Reactor | 1 | FBR | United States Atomic Energy Commission | Cancelled Plan | Oak Ridge, ![]() | 350 | 380 | 1973 | - | 1983-11-01 | |
Clinton | 2 | BWR | GE | Cancelled Construction | Clinton, ![]() | 933 | 985 | 1973 | 1975-10-01 | 1983-10-01 | |
Columbia (WNP-1/WPPSS-1) | 1 | PWR | Cancelled Construction | Richland, ![]() | 1,259 | 1,339 | 1972 | 1975-08-01 | 1983-01-01 | ||
Columbia (WNP-4/WPPSS-4) | 4 | PWR | Cancelled Construction | Richland, ![]() | 1,250 | 1,340 | 1974 | 1975-08-01 | 1982-01-01 | ||
Comanche Peak | 3 | PWR | Suspended Plan | Somervell County, ![]() | 1,700 | - | - | 2013-11-07 | |||
Comanche Peak | 4 | PWR | Suspended Plan | Somervell County, ![]() | 1,700 | - | - | 2013-11-07 | |||
Crystal River | 4 | PWR | Cancelled Plan | Crystal River, ![]() | 897 | 940 | 1971 | - | 1972-07-01 | ||
Davis Besse | 2 | PWR | Cancelled Plan | Oak Harbor, ![]() | 910 | 960 | 1973 | - | 1980-01-01 | ||
Davis Besse | 3 | PWR | Cancelled Plan | Oak Harbor, ![]() | 910 | 960 | 1973 | - | 1980-01-01 | ||
Douglas Point (US) | 1 | BWR | GE | Cancelled Plan | Charles County, ![]() | 1,178 | 1,206 | 1972 | - | 1980-05-01 | |
Douglas Point (US) | 2 | BWR | GE | Cancelled Plan | Charles County, ![]() | 1,178 | 1,206 | 1972 | - | 1978-01-01 | |
Erie | 1 | PWR | Cancelled Plan | Berlin Heights, ![]() | 1,260 | 1,300 | 1976 | - | 1980-01-01 | ||
Erie | 2 | PWR | Cancelled Plan | Berlin Heights, ![]() | 1,260 | 1,300 | 1976 | - | 1980-01-01 | ||
Floating | 1 | PWR | Cancelled Plan | Jacksonville, ![]() | 1,150 | 1,211 | - | - | 1979-01-01 | ||
Floating | 2 | PWR | Cancelled Plan | Jacksonville, ![]() | 1,150 | 1,211 | - | - | 1979-01-01 | ||
Forked River | 1 | PWR | Cancelled Construction | Forked River, ![]() | 1,070 | 1,123 | 1969 | 1973-08-01 | 1980-11-01 | ||
Fort Calhoun | 2 | PWR | Cancelled Plan | Fort Calhoun, ![]() | 1,136 | 1,182 | 1972 | - | 1977-02-01 | ||
Fulton | 1 | HTGR | GA | Cancelled Plan | Lancaster, ![]() | 1,160 | 1,200 | 1971 | - | 1976-03-01 | |
Fulton | 2 | HTGR | GA | Cancelled Plan | Lancaster, ![]() | 1,160 | 1,200 | 1971 | - | 1976-03-01 | |
Galena | 1 | SFR | Toshiba 4S | Proposal Cancelled | Galena, ![]() | 10 | 2008 | - | - | ||
Grand Gulf | 2 | BWR | GE | Cancelled Construction | Port Gibson, ![]() | 1,250 | 1,302 | 1972 | 1974-05-01 | 1990-12-01 | |
Grand Gulf | 3 | BWR | GE | Cancelled Plan | Port Gibson, ![]() | 1,520 | 1,600 | 1973 | - | 2015-02-09 | |
Greene County | 1 | PWR | Cancelled Plan | Clementon, ![]() | 1,191 | 1,277 | 1974 | - | 1979-04-01 | ||
Greenwood | 2 | PWR | Cancelled Plan | Port Huron, ![]() | 1,208 | 1,268 | 1972 | - | 1980-03-01 | ||
Greenwood | 3 | PWR | Cancelled Plan | Port Huron, ![]() | 1,208 | 1,268 | 1972 | - | 1980-03-01 | ||
Hartsville | A1 | BWR | GE | Cancelled Construction | Hartsville, ![]() | 1,233 | 1,269 | 1972 | 1976-04-01 | 1984-08-01 | |
Hartsville | A2 | BWR | GE | Cancelled Construction | Hartsville, ![]() | 1,233 | 1,269 | 1972 | 1976-04-01 | 1984-08-01 | |
Hartsville | B1 | BWR | GE | Cancelled Construction | Hartsville, ![]() | 1,233 | 1,269 | 1972 | 1976-04-01 | 1982-08-01 | |
Hartsville | B2 | BWR | GE | Cancelled Construction | Hartsville, ![]() | 1,233 | 1,269 | 1972 | 1976-04-01 | 1982-08-01 | |
Haven | 1 | PWR | Cancelled Plan | Haven, ![]() | 900 | 960 | 1973 | - | 1980-02-01 | ||
Haven | 2 | PWR | Cancelled Plan | Haven, ![]() | 900 | 960 | 1974 | - | 1978-05-01 | ||
Hope Creek | 2 | BWR | GE | Cancelled Construction | Hancocks Bridge, ![]() | 1,067 | 1,118 | 1969 | 1976-03-01 | 1981-12-01 | |
Jamesport | 1 | PWR | Cancelled Plan | Jamesport, ![]() | 1,150 | 1,182 | 1973 | - | 1980-01-01 | ||
Jamesport | 2 | PWR | Cancelled Plan | Jamesport, ![]() | 1,150 | 1,182 | 1974 | - | 1980-01-01 | ||
Koshkonong | 1 | PWR | Cancelled Plan | Jefferson County, Wisconsin | 900 | 900 | 1973 | - | 1977-01-10 | ||
Koshkonong | 2 | PWR | Cancelled Plan | Jefferson County, Wisconsin | 900 | 900 | 1973 | - | 1977-01-10 | ||
Levy County | 1 | PWR | Cancelled Plan | Levy County, ![]() | 1,117 | 2008 | - | 2013-08-01 | |||
Levy County | 2 | PWR | Cancelled Plan | Levy County, ![]() | 1,117 | 2008 | - | 2013-08-01 | |||
Malibu | 1 | PWR | Cancelled Plan | Corral Canyon, ![]() | 462 | 1963 | - | 1972 | |||
Marble Hill | 1 | PWR | Cancelled Construction | Paynesville, ![]() | 1,030 | 1,090 | 1973 | 1977-07-01 | 1984-01-01 | ||
Marble Hill | 2 | PWR | Cancelled Construction | Paynesville, ![]() | 1,130 | 1,190 | 1973 | 1977-07-01 | 1984-01-01 | ||
Mayport | 1 | Mayport, ![]() | 1969 | - | - | ||||||
Mayport | 2 | Mayport, ![]() | 1969 | - | - | ||||||
Midland | 1 | PWR | Cancelled Construction | Midland, ![]() | 491 | 526 | 1968 | 1973-03-01 | 1986-07-01 | ||
Midland | 2 | PWR | Cancelled Construction | Midland, ![]() | 816 | 855 | 1968 | 1973-03-01 | 1986-07-01 | ||
Montague | 1 | BWR | GE | Cancelled Plan | Montague, ![]() | 1,150 | 1,298 | 1974 | - | 1980-12-01 | |
Montague | 2 | BWR | GE | Cancelled Plan | Montague, ![]() | 1,150 | 1,298 | 1974 | - | 1980-12-01 | |
Newbold Island (relocated to Hope Creek) | 1 | BWR | GE | Cancelled Plan | Bordentown, ![]() | - | - | - | |||
Newbold Island (relocated to Hope Creek) | 2 | BWR | GE | Cancelled Plan | Bordentown, ![]() | - | - | - | |||
New England (NEP) | 1 | PWR | Cancelled Plan | Charlestown, ![]() | 1,150 | 1,194 | 1974 | - | 1980-01-01 | ||
New England (NEP) | 2 | PWR | Cancelled Plan | Charlestown, ![]() | 1,150 | 1,194 | 1974 | - | 1980-01-01 | ||
New Haven | 1 | PWR | Cancelled Plan | New Haven, ![]() | 1,250 | 1,300 | 1977 | - | 1980-01-01 | ||
New Haven | 2 | PWR | Cancelled Plan | New Haven, ![]() | 1,250 | 1,300 | 1977 | - | 1980-01-01 | ||
Nine Mile Point | 3 | PWR | Cancelled Plan | Scriba, ![]() | 1,600 | 2008 | - | 2013-11-25 | |||
North Anna | 3 | PWR | Cancelled Construction | Mineral, ![]() | 907 | 950 | 1971 | 1971-06-01 | 1982-11-01 | ||
North Anna | 4 | PWR | Cancelled Construction | Mineral, ![]() | 907 | 950 | 1971 | 1971-12-01 | 1980-11-01 | ||
North Coast (formerly Aguirre/Isolte) | 1 | PWR | Cancelled Plan | Arecibo, ![]() | 583 | 614 | 1970 | - | 1978-12-01 | ||
North Coast (formerly Aguirre/Isolte) | 2 | PWR | Cancelled Plan | Arecibo, ![]() | - | - | 1973 | - | - | ||
NYSE&G | 1 | PWR | Cancelled Plan | ![]() | 1,250 | - | 1977 | - | 1980 | ||
NYSE&G | 2 | PWR | Cancelled Plan | ![]() | 1,250 | - | 1977 | - | 1980 | ||
Orange/Orlando | 1 | PWR | Cancelled Plan | Orlando, ![]() | 1,300 | 1,360 | 1974 | - | 1975-12-01 | ||
Orange/Orlando | 2 | PWR | Cancelled Plan | Orlando, ![]() | 1,300 | 1,360 | 1974 | - | 1975-12-01 | ||
Palo Verde | 4 | PWR | Cancelled Plan | Tonopah, ![]() | 1,270 | 1,307 | 1977 | - | 1979-07-01 | ||
Palo Verde | 5 | PWR | Cancelled Plan | Tonopah, ![]() | 1,270 | 1,307 | 1977 | - | 1979-07-01 | ||
Pebble Springs | 1 | PWR | Cancelled Plan | Arlington, ![]() | 1,260 | 1,314 | 1973 | - | 1982-09-01 | ||
Pebble Springs | 2 | PWR | Cancelled Plan | Arlington, ![]() | 1,260 | 1,314 | 1974 | - | 1982-09-01 | ||
Perkins | 1 | PWR | Cancelled Plan | Mocksville, ![]() | 1,287 | 1,345 | 1973 | - | 1982-02-01 | ||
Perkins | 2 | PWR | Cancelled Plan | Mocksville, ![]() | 1,287 | 1,345 | 1973 | - | 1982-02-01 | ||
Perkins | 3 | PWR | Cancelled Plan | Mocksville, ![]() | 1,287 | 1,345 | 1973 | - | 1982-02-01 | ||
Perry | 2 | BWR | GE | Cancelled Construction | Perry, ![]() | 1,205 | 1,250 | 1974 | 1974-10-01 | 1984-04-01 | |
Perryman | 1 | PWR | Cancelled Plan | Baltimore, ![]() | 845 | 880 | 1972 | - | 1972-11-01 | ||
Perryman | 2 | PWR | Cancelled Plan | Baltimore, ![]() | 845 | 880 | 1972 | - | 1972-11-01 | ||
Phipps Bend | 1 | BWR | GE | Cancelled Construction | Kingsport, ![]() | 1,233 | 1,269 | 1974 | 1977-10-01 | 1982-08-01 | |
Phipps Bend | 2 | BWR | GE | Cancelled Construction | Kingsport, ![]() | 1,233 | 1,269 | 1974 | 1977-10-01 | 1982-08-01 | |
Pilgrim | 2 | PWR | Cancelled Plan | Plymouth, ![]() | 1,180 | 1,240 | 1972 | - | 1981-09-01 | ||
Pilgrim | 3 | PWR | Cancelled Plan | Plymouth, ![]() | 1,180 | 1,240 | - | - | 1974-07-01 | ||
Quanicassee | 1 | PWR | Cancelled Plan | Bay City, ![]() | 1,150 | 1972 | - | 1974 | |||
Quanicassee | 2 | PWR | Cancelled Plan | Bay City, ![]() | 1,150 | 1972 | - | 1974 | |||
Ravenswood | 1 | PWR | Cancelled Plan | Long Island, ![]() | 500 | 1962 | - | 1964-01-06 | |||
Ravenswood | 2 | PWR | Cancelled Plan | Long Island, ![]() | 500 | 1962 | - | 1964-01-06 | |||
River Bend | 2 | BWR | GE | Cancelled Construction | St. Francisville, ![]() | 934 | 991 | 1973 | 1975-08-01 | 1984-01-01 | |
River Bend | 3 | BWR | GE | Cancelled Plan | St. Francisville, ![]() | 1520 | 1600 | - | - | 2015-12-04 | |
San Joaquin Nuclear Project | 1 | Cancelled Plan | Kern County, ![]() | 1300 | 1973 | - | 1978-03-31 | ||||
San Joaquin Nuclear Project | 2 | Cancelled Plan | Kern County, ![]() | 1300 | 1973 | - | 1978-03-31 | ||||
San Joaquin Nuclear Project | 3 | Cancelled Plan | Kern County, ![]() | 1300 | 1973 | - | 1978-03-31 | ||||
San Joaquin Nuclear Project | 4 | Cancelled Plan | Kern County, ![]() | 1300 | 1973 | - | 1978-03-31 | ||||
Satsop (WNP-3/WPPSS-3) | 3 | PWR | Combustion Engineering | Cancelled Construction | Elma, ![]() | 1,240 | 1,324 | 1973 | 1977-04-01 | 1983-01-01 | |
Satsop (WNP-5/WPPSS-5) | 5 | PWR | Combustion Engineering | Cancelled Construction | Elma, ![]() | 1,240 | 1,316 | 1974 | 1977-04-01 | 1982-01-01 | |
Seabrook | 2 | PWR | Cancelled Construction | Seabrook, ![]() | 1,149 | 1,199 | 1972 | 1976-07-01 | 1988-01-01 | ||
Sears Isle | 1 | PWR | Cancelled Plan | Sears Island, ![]() | 1,150 | 1974 | - | 1977 | |||
Shearon Harris | 2 | PWR | WH 3-Loop | Cancelled Construction | Bonsal, ![]() | 900 | 960 | 1971 | 1978-01-01 | 1983-12-01 (2013) | |
Shearon Harris | 3 | PWR | WH 3-Loop | Cancelled Construction | Bonsal, ![]() | 900 | 960 | 1971 | 1978-01-01 | 1983-12-01 (2013) | |
Shearon Harris | 4 | PWR | WH 3-Loop | Cancelled Construction | Bonsal, ![]() | 900 | 960 | 1971 | 1978-01-01 | 1983-12-01 | |
Shearon Harris | 2 | PWR | WH AP1000 | Cancelled Plan | Bonsal, ![]() | 1,117 | 1,250 | - | - | 2013-05-02 | |
Shearon Harris | 3 | PWR | WH AP1000 | Cancelled Plan | Bonsal, ![]() | 1,117 | 1,250 | - | - | 2013-05-02 | |
Skagit-Hanford | 1 | BWR | GE | Cancelled Plan | Sedro Woolley, ![]() | 1,275 | 1,335 | 1973 | - | 1983-08-01 | |
Skagit-Hanford | 2 | BWR | GE | Cancelled Plan | Sedro Woolley, ![]() | 1,275 | 1,335 | 1974 | - | 1983-08-01 | |
Somerset | 1 | BWR | GE | Cancelled Plan | Somerset, ![]() | 1,190 | 1,247 | 1974 | - | 1977-05-01 | |
Somerset | 2 | BWR | GE | Cancelled Plan | Somerset, ![]() | 1,190 | 1,247 | 1974 | - | 1977-05-01 | |
South Dade | 1 | PWR | Cancelled Plan | Miami-Dade County, ![]() | 1,150 | 1,210 | 1975 | - | 1977-05-01 | ||
South Dade | 2 | PWR | Cancelled Plan | Miami-Dade County, ![]() | 1,150 | 1,210 | 1975 | - | 1977-05-01 | ||
South River | 1 | PWR | Cancelled Plan | ![]() | 1,150 | 1,200 | 1973 | - | 1979-01-01 | ||
South River | 2 | PWR | Cancelled Plan | ![]() | 1,150 | 1,200 | 1973 | - | 1979-01-01 | ||
South River | 3 | PWR | Cancelled Plan | ![]() | 1,150 | 1,200 | 1973 | - | 1974-12-01 | ||
South Texas | 3 | BWR | Toshiba Advanced Boiling Water Reactor | Cancelled Plan | Matagorda County, ![]() | 2018[8] | |||||
South Texas | 4 | BWR | Toshiba Advanced Boiling Water Reactor | Cancelled Plan | Matagorda County, ![]() | 2018[8] | |||||
Stanislaus | 1 | BWR | GE | Cancelled Plan | Stanislaus County, ![]() | 1,100 | 1,200 | 1971 | - | 1979 | |
Stanislaus | 2 | BWR | GE | Cancelled Plan | Stanislaus County, ![]() | 1,100 | 1,200 | 1971 | - | 1979 | |
Sterling | 1 | PWR | Cancelled Plan | Oswego, ![]() | 1,150 | 1,185 | 1973 | - | 1980-01-01 | ||
Summit | 1 | HTGR | GA | Cancelled Plan | Whitehall, ![]() | 770 | 781 | 1971 | - | 1975-11-01 | |
Summit | 2 | HTGR | GA | Cancelled Plan | Whitehall, ![]() | 770 | 781 | 1971 | - | 1975-11-01 | |
Sundesert | 1 | PWR | Cancelled Plan | Blythe, ![]() | 934 | 978 | 1975 | - | 1978-05-01 | ||
Sundesert | 2 | PWR | Cancelled Plan | Blythe, ![]() | 934 | 978 | 1975 | - | 1978-05-01 | ||
Surry | 3 | PWR | Cancelled Construction | Louisa County, ![]() | 859 | 919 | 1972 | 1974-01-01 | 1977-03-01 | ||
Surry | 4 | PWR | Cancelled Construction | Louisa County, ![]() | 859 | 919 | 1972 | 1974-01-01 | 1977-03-01 | ||
Tyrone | 1 | PWR | Cancelled Plan | Durand, ![]() | 1,150 | 1,188 | 1973 | - | 1979-07-01 | ||
Tyrone | 2 | PWR | Cancelled Plan | Durand, ![]() | 1,150 | 1,188 | 1973 | - | 1975-12-01 | ||
Vandalia (Iowa) | 1 | PWR | Cancelled Plan | Vandalia, ![]() | 1,270 | 1,300 | 1976 | - | 1982-02-01 | ||
Vidal | 1 | HTGR | GA | Cancelled Plan | Vidal Valley, ![]() | 770 | 1972 | - | 1974 | ||
Vidal | 2 | HTGR | GA | Cancelled Plan | Vidal Valley, ![]() | 770 | 1972 | - | 1974 | ||
V.C. Summer | 2 | PWR | WH AP1000 | Cancelled Construction | Jenkinsville, ![]() | 1,117 | 1,250 | 2008 | 2013-03-09 | 2017-07-31 | |
V.C. Summer | 3 | PWR | WH AP1000 | Cancelled Construction | Jenkinsville, ![]() | 1,117 | 1,250 | 2008 | 2013-03-09 | 2017-07-31 | |
Verplanck (formerly Indian Point-4) | 1 | BWR | GE | Cancelled Plan | Buchanan, ![]() | 1,100 | 1,115 | 1968 | - | 1975 | |
Verplanck (formerly Indian Point-5) | 2 | BWR | GE | Cancelled Plan | Buchanan, ![]() | 1,100 | 1,115 | 1968 | - | 1975 | |
Victoria County Station | 1 | BWR | GEH | Cancelled Plan | Victoria County,![]() | 1,535 | 2008 | - | 2012-08-28 | ||
Victoria County Station | 2 | BWR | GEH | Cancelled Plan | Victoria County, ![]() | 1,535 | 2008 | - | 2012-08-28 | ||
Vogtle | 3 | PWR | WH 4-Loop | Cancelled Plan (1970s plan; Unit 3 AP1000 finished construction 2023) | Burke County, ![]() | 1,113 | 1973 | - | 1974 | ||
Vogtle | 4 | PWR | WH 4-Loop | Cancelled Plan (1970s plan; Unit 4 AP1000 finished construction 2024) | Burke County, ![]() | 1,113 | 1973 | - | 1974 | ||
Yellow Creek | 1 | PWR | Cancelled Construction | Corinth, ![]() | 1,285 | 1,339 | 1974 | 1978-02-01 | 1984-08-30 | ||
Yellow Creek | 2 | PWR | Cancelled Construction | Corinth, ![]() | 1,285 | 1,339 | 1974 | 1978-02-01 | 1984-08-30 | ||
Zimmer (converted to coal) | 1 | BWR | GE | Cancelled Construction | Moscow, ![]() | 810 | 840 | 1969 | 1972-10-01 | 1984-01-01 | |
Zimmer | 2 | BWR | GE | Cancelled Plan | Moscow, ![]() | 1,125 | 1,172 | 1974 | - | 1984-01-01 |
- "Model" column key: "B&W" is Babcock & Wilcox; "CE" is Combustion Engineering; "GA" is General Atomics; "GE" is General Electric; "GEH" is GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy; and "WH" is Westinghouse.
See also
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- Cancelled Reactors
- Midland 1
- Midland 2
- Hope Creek 2
- Zimmer 1
- Norco 1
- Shearon Harris 2
- Shearon Harris 3
- Shearon Harris 4
- North Anna 3
- North Anna 4
- Surry 3
- Surry 4
- Floating 1
- Bellefonte 1
- Bellefonte 2
- Perry 2
- Seabrook 2
- Douglas Point 1
- Douglas Point 2
- Greenwood 2
- Greenwood 3
- River Bend 2
- WPPSS 1 (Hanford)
- Clinton 2
- Fulton 1
- Fulton 2
- Allens Creek 1
- Allens Creek 2
- Pilgrim 2
- Atlantic 1
- Atlantic 2
- Tyrone 1
- Sterling 1
- Callaway 2
- Perkins 1
- Perkins 2
- Perkins 3
- Cherokee 1
- Cherokee 2
- Cherokee 3
- Montague 1
- Montague 2
- Davis Besse 2
- Davis Besse 3
- Heaven 1
- Heaven 2
- WPPSS 3 (Satsop)
- WPPSS 5 (Satsop)
- Blue Hills 1
- Blue Hills 2
- WPPSS 4 (Hanford)
- Pebble Springs 1
- Pebble Springs 2
- James Port 1
- James Port 2
- Hartsville A1
- Hartsville A2
- Hartsville B1
- Hartsville B2
- Skagit 1
- Skagit 2
- Barton 1
- Barton 2
- Barton 3
- Barton 4
- Clinch River
- Marbel Hill 1
- Marbel Hill 2
- Fort Calhoun 2
- Greene County
- Phipps Bend 1
- Phipps Bend 2
- Black Fox 1
- Black Fox 2
- Yellow Creek 1
- Yellow Creek 2
- Nep 1
- Nep 2
- Erie 1
- Erie 2
References
- ^ Nuclear power: Futures, Costs, and Benefits p. 16.
- ^ "Time Warp: Molten Salt Reactor Experiment—Alvin Weinberg's magnum opus | ORNL".
- ^ "History | Molten Salt Reactor | ORNL".
- ^ Nuclear Power: Outlook for New U.S. Reactors p. 3.
- ^ Al Gore (2009). Our Choice, Bloomsbury, p. 157.
- ^ "Nuclear Follies", a February 11, 1985 cover story in Forbes magazine.
- ^ J. Matthew Roney, "US Nuclear Power In Decline", Earth Policy Institute, 10 September 2013
- ^ a b "Toshiba scraps project to build ABWRs in Texas - World Nuclear News".
External links
- Cancelled Nuclear Units Ordered in the United States
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- ANPP
- Big Rock Point
- Connecticut Yankee
- Crystal River
- CVTR
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- EBR I
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- Elk River
- Fermi 1
- Fort Calhoun
- Fort Saint Vrain
- Hallam
- Hanford Site
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- Sodium Reactor Experiment
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- CFPP, Idaho
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- Marble Hill
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- Yellow Creek