Nuclear electric power
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Electricity generated by an electric power plant whose turbines are driven by steam generated in a reactor by heat from the fissioning of nuclear fuel.

Nuclear energy

Energy released when atomic nuclei undergo a nuclear reaction such as the spontaneous emission of radioactivity, nuclear fission, or nuclear fusion.

• Alvin W. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant - Information about Plant Vogtle, located near Waynesboro in eastern Georgia near the South Carolina border.
• Angra 2 - A nuclear power plant located in Brazil.
• Big Rock Point - Facts about the decommissioning of Consumers Energy's Big Rock Point nuclear plant which was shut down in 1997. The plant is located near Charlevoix, Michigan.
• Browns Ferry - A few facts and figures about the Tennessee Valley Authority's nuclear plant in Athens, Alabama.
• Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant - Baltimore Gas & Electric's Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant is located on Chesapeake Bay in Calvert County, Maryland. The web site features general plant information plus a look at the plant's license renewal activity.
• Columbia Generating Station - Information about Washington state's only operating commercial nuclear power plant. Energy Northwest's WNP-2 is located 12 miles north of Richland on the Department of Energy's Hanford site.
• Comanche Peak - A 2,300 megawatt nuclear plant located near Glen Rose, Texas, about 80 miles southwest of Dallas.
• Connecticut Yankee - Connecticut's first commercial nuclear power plant, it was shut down in 1996 and is now undergoing decomissioning.
• Cooper Nuclear Station - A few key facts about the Cooper Nuclear Station which is located in Brownville, Nebraska.
• Diablo Canyon - Official company site about this 2,190 megawatt PWR nuclear facility on California's central coast.
• Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant - Pictures of Pacific Gas & Electric Company's Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant located near San Luis Obispo, California. Unofficial site not sponsored by PG&E, featuring plant photos taken by a DCPP employee.
• Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant - Located near Baxley in southeastern Georgia, plant Hatch is one of Georgia Power's two nuclear facilities and is one of three nuclear facilities in the Southern electric system.
• Energy Northwest's Columbia Generating Station - Information about Washington state's only operating commercial nuclear power plant. WNP-2 is located 12 miles north of Richland on the Department of Energy's Hanford site.
• Entergy Nuclear - Entergy operates nine nuclear units at seven plant sites: Arkansas Nuclear One, Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, River Bend Station, Waterford 3, Pilgrim Nuclear Station, Indian Point Units 2 & 3, and the James A. Fitzpatrick nuclear station.
• FPL Nuclear Power - General information about nuclear power, plus an introduction to Florida Power & Light's nuclear units at Turkey Point and St. Lucie.
• How Stuff Works: Nuclear Power Plants - Illustrated tutorial about nuclear-powered electricity generation plants, with photos and animations.
• Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant - The Ignalina nuclear power plant contains RBMK-1500 water-cooled graphite-moderated channel-type power reactors. It is located in Lithuania.
• Indian Point Energy Center - A source of information regarding the Indian Point nuclear facility in Buchanan, NY. Covers topics including plant safety, security, emergency planning and media information.
• Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant - Plant Farley is a 2-unit Westinghouse PWR facility which has been operating since 1977. The plant site is near Dothan in southeast Alabama.
• Lucas Heights: The Real Facts - Contains arguments for and against the Lucas Heights nuclear reactor located in Sydney, Australia.
• Maine Yankee - Maine Yankee, Maine's only nuclear power plant, closed in 1997 and is now beginning the process of decommissioning. It is located on Montsweag Bay in Wiscasset, Maine.
• NPCIL - Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited is an undertaking of the Government of India with the objective of facilitating the design, construction, operation and maintenance of atomic power stations.
• Nuclear Power Plant Demonstration - Interactive online demonstration: Play the role of a control-room operator at Sweden's Kärnobyl nuclear power plant, and try to keep the reactor running safely under various failure scenarios.
• Nuclear Power Plant Simulation - A nuclear power plant simulator game written in Flash 4. Learn the basics of how a nuclear power plant works and try your hand at operating the simulator.
• Oyster Creek - Located in Lacey Township, Ocean County, near the New Jersey Shore, with a single boiling water reactor which produces 636 megawatts.
• Palisades Nuclear Plant - An introduction to Consumers Energy's Palisades nuclear power plant, located near South Haven on the Lake Michigan shoreline.
• Palo Verde - Unofficial page regarding Arizona's Palo Verde nuclear generating station, written by a plant employee.
• San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station - San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) provides nearly 20 percent of the power to more than 15 million people in Southern California.
• Seabrook Nuclear Power Station - The history of Northeast Utilities' Seabrook station, a 1,150-megawatt Westinghouse PWR located in southeastern New Hampshire.
• South Texas Project - A two-unit, 2,500 megawatt nuclear energy plant in Matagorda County, Texas. The web site features a virtual tour of the plant, plus extensive information about the facility.
• U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission - This site has been considerably scaled back due to security concerns following the terrorist attacks of 9/11/01
• Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corporation - Vermont Yankee is an electric power generation company which owns and operates a 540 megawatt nuclear powered generating station located in Vernon, Vermont.
• Waterford 3 Virtual Tour - An iPIX virtual tour of the Waterford 3 nuclear plant, located in Taft, Louisiana. Built in 1985, Waterford 3 has the capacity to generate 1,075 Megawatts of electricity... enough to power the city of New Orleans (which is 30 miles from the plant).
• Wolf Creek Generating Station - Official web site of this Westinghouse four-loop PWR located near Burlington, Kansas.