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Facility Information Finder

Use this page to find operating power reactors and major nuclear materials facilities licensed by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), as well as NRC-licensed sites undergoing decommissioning.

• Find NRC-Licensed Facilities by NRC Region or State

Operating Nuclear Power Reactors

A power reactor is a facility that makes electricity by the continuous splitting of uranium atoms (i.e., a nuclear reaction). This facility is often referred to as a nuclear power plant.

• Find Operating Nuclear Power Reactors by Location or Name

Materials Facilities

The NRC currently regulates fuel cycle facilities and uranium recovery facilities in 10 States across the Nation. In addition, the NRC currently administers approximately 3,800 licenses in the United States for Medical, Industrial, and Academic Uses of source, byproduct, and special nuclear materials, while its Agreement States administer approximately 18,500 licenses for similar uses of nuclear materials.

• Find Nuclear Materials Facilities by Location or Name

Fuel cycle facilities convert, enrich, and fabricate uranium to produce fuel for use in nuclear reactors. As the precursor to the nuclear fuel cycle, uranium recovery focuses on extracting (or mining) natural uranium ore from the Earth and concentrating (or milling) that ore. These recovery operations produce a material, called "yellowcake," which is then transported to a fuel cycle facility.

• Find Major U.S. Fuel Cycle Facilities
• Find Uranium Recovery Facilities

Facilities Undergoing Decommissioning

The NRC's regulatory activities include decommissioning nuclear facilities. This involves safely removing a facility or site from service and reducing residual radioactivity to a level that permits the license to be terminated, with the property released either for unrestricted use or under specified restricted conditions.

• Find Sites Undergoing Decommissioning

The NRC and its Agreement States regulate the decontamination and decommissioning of the following types of nuclear facilities:

• Complex Materials Sites Undergoing Decommissioning
• Power Reactor Sites Undergoing Decommissioning
• Research and Test Reactor Sites Undergoing Decommissioning
• Uranium Recovery Sites Undergoing Decommissioning
• Fuel Cycle Facilities Undergoing Decommissioning

Other Facility Information

• Power Reactor Status Report - issued each business day showing current operating status of all reactors

• Event Notification Report - Events and other information reported to the NRC Operations Center, issued each business day

• Project Manager List - This list provides Plant Name, Docket Number, and Project Manager for both Power Reactors and Research and Test Reactors

• Reactor Oversight Process - The NRC’s program for inspecting and evaluating safety performance of nuclear power reactors. The Reactor Oversight Process Web area includes up-to-date information about each reactor: performance indicators (statistics showing safety performance) and inspection findings, updated quarterly; inspections reports; and semiannual performance assessments.

• Significant Enforcement Actions - NRC actions based on inspection findings or performance indicators and violations involving fines or other enforcement measures

• ADAMS - the NRC’s document retrieval system - Search for documents since April 2000 using the docket number and other criteria

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