785 TWh
2025 (latest)
NUCLEAR ELECTRICITY GENERATION
GWh · 1949–2025 · neither direction is "better" · U.S. Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review
0 TWh
1949
809 TWh
high · 2019
0 TWh
low · 1949
up from zero
since 1949
┊ dashed lines mark 1979 Oil shock & inflation peak · 1987 Black Monday crash · 1991 Gulf War recession · 2001 Dot-com bust & 9/11 · 2008 Global financial crisis · 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
Method & caveats. MSN NUETPUS; publisher annual row (MER YYYY13). Original unit: Million Kilowatthours. Converted only by the declared unit scale. None known; publisher revisions may revise the full history. Breaks: none known; publisher revisions may revise the full history.
Sources
Every value on this page is read from the publisher below. Current and historical source documents:
- https://api.eia.gov/v2/total-energy/data/?frequency=annual&data%5B0%5D=value&facets%5Bmsn%5D%5B%5D=NUETPUS&length=5000&sort%5B0%5D%5Bcolumn%5D=period&sort%5B0%5D%5Bdirection%5D=asc
- https://github.com/danielmiessler/substrate/tree/main/Data/US-Energy-And-Environment
Data
| Year | Nuclear electricity generation | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 785 TWh | +0% |
| 2024 | 782 TWh | +1% |
| 2023 | 775 TWh | +0% |
| 2022 | 772 TWh | −1% |
| 2021 | 780 TWh | −1% |
| 2020 | 790 TWh | −2% |
| 2019 | 809 TWh | +0% |
| 2018 | 807 TWh | +0% |
| 2017 | 805 TWh | −0% |
| 2016 | 806 TWh | +1% |
| 2015 | 797 TWh | +0% |
| 2014 | 797 TWh | +1% |
| 2013 | 789 TWh | +3% |
| 2012 | 769 TWh | −3% |
| 2011 | 790 TWh | −2% |
| 2010 | 807 TWh | +1% |
| 2009 | 799 TWh | −1% |
| 2008 | 806 TWh | −0% |
| 2007 | 806 TWh | +2% |
| 2006 | 787 TWh | +1% |
| 2005 | 782 TWh | −1% |
| 2004 | 789 TWh | +3% |
| 2003 | 764 TWh | −2% |
| 2002 | 780 TWh | +1% |
| 2001 | 769 TWh | +2% |
| 2000 | 754 TWh | +4% |
| 1999 | 728 TWh | +8% |
| 1998 | 674 TWh | +7% |
| 1997 | 629 TWh | −7% |
| 1996 | 675 TWh | +0% |
| 1995 | 673 TWh | +5% |
| 1994 | 640 TWh | +5% |
| 1993 | 610 TWh | −1% |
| 1992 | 619 TWh | +1% |
| 1991 | 613 TWh | +6% |
| 1990 | 577 TWh | +9% |
| 1989 | 529 TWh | +0% |
| 1988 | 527 TWh | +16% |
| 1987 | 455 TWh | +10% |
| 1986 | 414 TWh | +8% |
| 1985 | 384 TWh | +17% |
| 1984 | 328 TWh | +12% |
| 1983 | 294 TWh | +4% |
| 1982 | 283 TWh | +4% |
| 1981 | 273 TWh | +9% |
| 1980 | 251 TWh | −2% |
| 1979 | 255 TWh | −8% |
| 1978 | 276 TWh | +10% |
| 1977 | 251 TWh | +31% |
| 1976 | 191 TWh | +11% |
| 1975 | 173 TWh | +51% |
| 1974 | 114 TWh | +37% |
| 1973 | 83 TWh | +54% |
| 1972 | 54 TWh | +42% |
| 1971 | 38 TWh | +75% |
| 1970 | 22 TWh | +57% |
| 1969 | 14 TWh | +11% |
| 1968 | 13 TWh | +64% |
| 1967 | 8 TWh | +39% |
| 1966 | 6 TWh | +51% |
| 1965 | 4 TWh | +9% |
| 1964 | 3 TWh | +4% |
| 1963 | 3 TWh | +42% |
| 1962 | 2 TWh | +34% |
| 1961 | 2 TWh | +227% |
| 1960 | 1 TWh | +175% |
| 1959 | 0 TWh | +14% |
| 1958 | 0 TWh | +1603% |
| 1957 | 0 TWh | up from zero |
| 1956 | 0 TWh | no change |
| 1955 | 0 TWh | no change |
| 1954 | 0 TWh | no change |
| 1953 | 0 TWh | no change |
| 1952 | 0 TWh | no change |
| 1951 | 0 TWh | no change |
| 1950 | 0 TWh | no change |
| 1949 | 0 TWh | — |
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