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Nuclear Power Generates Third Straight Annual Record In 2001, U.S. annual nuclear power generation reached a record 768.8 billion net kilowatt hours, 2 percent higher than the 2000 record of 753.9 net billion kWh, according to information released by the Energy Information Administration. This is the third consecutive annual record for nuclear generation (see Figure 1). ***** According to EIA data, more than one-fourth of the Nation's nuclear output was provided by three States: Illinois (92,358 million kWh), Pennsylvania (73,731 million kWh), and South Carolina (49,870 million kWh). Kansas' only reactor, Wolf Creek, generated 10,347 million kWh in 2001, the most by any U.S. nuclear generating unit…. ---Press Release, Energy Information Administration, April 2002
Kansas Nuclear Highlights
Nuclear Power Plant in Kansas Data for 2003
Competing Fuels
Source: Form EIA-906, Power Plant Report
Emissions
See also, the comprehensive table comparing emissions tonnage for all 50 States plus the District of Columbia.
License Renewal According to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), a license renewal application for Wolf Creek is anticipated in September 2006. Information on the current status of all license renewal applications appears on the NRC web site at http://www.nrc.gov . To locate the data, select "index,"then select the letter "l"and click on "License Renewal."
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