94
2025 (latest)
OPERABLE NUCLEAR REACTORS
reactors · 1957–2025 · neither direction is "better" · U.S. Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review
1
1957
112
high · 1990
1
low · 1957
+9300%
since 1957
┊ 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 NUOUPUS; publisher annual row (MER YYYY13). Original unit: Number. Converted only by the declared unit scale. none known; EIA operable reactors differ from NRC operating reactors, and the definitions must not be interchanged. Breaks: none known; EIA operable reactors differ from NRC operating reactors, and the definitions must not be interchanged.
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=NUOUPUS&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 | Operable nuclear reactors | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 94 | +0% |
| 2024 | 94 | +1% |
| 2023 | 93 | +1% |
| 2022 | 92 | −1% |
| 2021 | 93 | −1% |
| 2020 | 94 | −2% |
| 2019 | 96 | −2% |
| 2018 | 98 | −1% |
| 2017 | 99 | +0% |
| 2016 | 99 | +0% |
| 2015 | 99 | +0% |
| 2014 | 99 | −1% |
| 2013 | 100 | −4% |
| 2012 | 104 | +0% |
| 2011 | 104 | +0% |
| 2010 | 104 | +0% |
| 2009 | 104 | +0% |
| 2008 | 104 | +0% |
| 2007 | 104 | +0% |
| 2006 | 104 | +0% |
| 2005 | 104 | +0% |
| 2004 | 104 | +0% |
| 2003 | 104 | +0% |
| 2002 | 104 | +0% |
| 2001 | 104 | +0% |
| 2000 | 104 | +0% |
| 1999 | 104 | +0% |
| 1998 | 104 | −3% |
| 1997 | 107 | −2% |
| 1996 | 109 | +0% |
| 1995 | 109 | +0% |
| 1994 | 109 | −1% |
| 1993 | 110 | +1% |
| 1992 | 109 | −2% |
| 1991 | 111 | −1% |
| 1990 | 112 | +1% |
| 1989 | 111 | +2% |
| 1988 | 109 | +2% |
| 1987 | 107 | +6% |
| 1986 | 101 | +5% |
| 1985 | 96 | +10% |
| 1984 | 87 | +7% |
| 1983 | 81 | +4% |
| 1982 | 78 | +4% |
| 1981 | 75 | +6% |
| 1980 | 71 | +3% |
| 1979 | 69 | −1% |
| 1978 | 70 | +4% |
| 1977 | 67 | +6% |
| 1976 | 63 | +11% |
| 1975 | 57 | +4% |
| 1974 | 55 | +31% |
| 1973 | 42 | +56% |
| 1972 | 27 | +23% |
| 1971 | 22 | +10% |
| 1970 | 20 | +18% |
| 1969 | 17 | +31% |
| 1968 | 13 | −13% |
| 1967 | 15 | +7% |
| 1966 | 14 | +8% |
| 1965 | 13 | +0% |
| 1964 | 13 | +18% |
| 1963 | 11 | +22% |
| 1962 | 9 | +200% |
| 1961 | 3 | +0% |
| 1960 | 3 | +50% |
| 1959 | 2 | +100% |
| 1958 | 1 | +0% |
| 1957 | 1 | — |
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