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51.Nuclear Plant Security Zones
An illustration of the area of a nuclear power plant protected by armed guards, physical barriers and surveillance equipment.
May 18, 2007
52.Transportation Container Cutaway Illustration (Translucent)
Transportation Container Cutaway Illustration (Translucent)
May 18, 2007
53.EPR Building Layout and Cutaway
Illustration of Areva's Evolutionary Power Reactor (EPR) building layout and cutaway. See the Areva NP Web site for more information.
July 9, 2007
54.Nuclear Plant Containment Wall Construction
A photograph of a life-size, cut-away replica of a nuclear power plant containment wall. The reactor is located inside of the containment building. The rebar within the concrete is about the size of an average person's forearm. Photograph courtesy Entergy.
May 18, 2007
February 11, 2009
56.World Nuclear Power Plants in Operation
This table provides information on nuclear reactors operating worldwide, including reactor type, capacity, and start date.
May 16, 2008
57.U.S. Nuclear Refueling Outage Days (Average, 1990-2008)
This bar chart shows the average length of refueling outages for U.S. nuclear plants.
March 6, 2009
58.U.S. Nuclear Generating Statistics (1971 - 2008)
This table shows U.S. nuclear generation, the share of total power generation from nuclear energy, average capacity factor, and total U.S. nuclear capacity from 1971-2008.
May 4, 2009
59.U.S. Electricity Generation Fuel Shares (1973 - 2008)
This table shows U.S. electricity generation fuel shares by generation type from 1973 to 2008.
May 4, 2009
60.U.S. Nuclear Industry Capacity Factors (1971 - 2008)
Over the past two decades, nuclear power plants have achieved increasingly higher capacity factors with the same or greater levels of safety. The average capacity factor for U.S. plants in operation in 1980 was 56.3 percent; in 1990, 66 percent; and in 2008, 91.5 percent.
May 4, 2009