Total megawatts of U.S. nuclear capacity offline right now (units in outages plus reduced power).
9,593
MW Offline
Percentage of total fleet capacity currently online and generating power.
90.1%
Fleet Online
Refueling outages scheduled for this season. Each one is a hiring window.
24
Fall 2026 Outages
Units currently at 0% power (likely in an outage or shutdown).
9
Units Offline
Units operating between 1-99% power (excluding known startups or coastdowns).
0
Reduced Power
Units nearing the end of their fuel cycle, gradually lowering power before an outage.
3
Coastdown
Units increasing power following an outage or scram.
2
Starting Up
Units on a qualifying Breaker-to-Breaker run: continuous operation exceeding their cycle-adjusted threshold with no trips to 0% power.
10
Breaker-to-Breaker
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History & TriviaThis Hidden City In Tennessee Held One Of The World’s Most Closely-Guarded SecretsOak Ridge, Tennessee transformed rapidly from a rural farming town into a massive, classified site for the Manhattan Project during World War II. Thousands of workers labored in secrecy to produce material for the atomic weapons that ultimately brought an end to the global conflict. The historic site established strict security protocols and massive industrial infrastructure that laid the groundwork for modern nuclear research facilities. Today, the location preserves its wartime heritage while continuing to contribute to advancements in science, technology, and energy research within the nucl...Core Content
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Nuclear NewsNEW World’s first isotope refinery project that can transform fusion innovation gets funding boostWorld's first isotope refinery project can transform fusion innovation StandardX secured ten million pounds in seed funding to construct the world's first commercial isotope refinery in London. The facility will utilize a proprietary accelerator system to mass-produce scarce isotopes required for targeted cancer therapies and fusion energy fuel, such as tritium. Initial medical isotope supplies are scheduled for delivery to research partners by 2027. StandardX is building the world's first isotope refinery, which can unlock the scalable supply of the rarest materials on Earth to enable the next era of medicine and fusion energy. A London-based company is building the world’s first isotope refinery, which can enable the next era of medicine and fusion energy. For this, StandardX has raised...Core Content
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Core ContentNuclear NewsNEW Incident pauses Palisades fuel loading; plant connected to switchyardOperator Holtec paused fuel loading at the Palisades nuclear plant after a previously used fuel assembly tilted inside the reactor vessel. Engineers are developing retrieval equipment and preparing a license amendment for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission while independent restart activities continue. Concurrently, workers reconnected the facility to the local 345-kilovolt switchyard in preparation for eventual grid synchronization. An incident involving a fuel assembly has paused the fuel loading process at the Palisades power plant in Covert, Mich., operator Holtec has acknowledged. Fuel loa...Core Content
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Nuclear NewsNEW Can the SpaceX playbook work for nuclear power?Startup General Matter, co-founded by a former SpaceX executive, secured federal funding to establish a uranium enrichment facility in Paducah, Kentucky. The company aims to supply commercial fuel for both conventional and advanced nuclear reactors amid growing domestic demand. The United States currently relies on foreign suppliers for low-enriched uranium and faces an upcoming ban on Russian imports. Advanced reactor designs also require high-assay low-enriched uranium, creating a severe domestic supply deficit that new enrichment ventures attempt to resolve. General Matter, a startup helmed...Core Content
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Nuclear NewsNEW SRS is crucial to the nation's nuclear future, Governor's Nuclear Advisory Council toldThe Savannah River Site maintains the nation's sole operational, production-scale chemical separation facility capable of handling high levels of radioactivity. State advisory officials reviewed the site's ongoing missions in nuclear materials processing and defense programs. This specialized infrastructure underpins federal radioactive waste management and isotope production efforts. The Savannah River Site contains the only production-scale, radioactivity-shielded chemical separation facility in the nation. Carl Dawson covers the City of Aiken and the Savannah River Site. An Aiken County res...Core Content
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Outage NewsFitzPatrick begins Fall 2026 refueling outageFitzPatrick began a routine refueling outage on September 14, 2026, aligning exactly with its published schedule. The unit entered this maintenance period after completing 100 percent of its typical 729-day operating cycle and maintaining an unscheduled-outage-free streak of 720 days. The scheduled duration for this refueling outage is 17 days, which is shorter than the unit's 28.3-day average across 13 prior refuels. FitzPatrick, an 853-MW General Electric BWR/4 operated by Constellation Nuclear, recorded a 99.7 percent capacity factor during its 2025 cycle. Across the U.S. fleet, 94 units ar...Core Content
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