The generation of electricity through nuclear power plants in the United States cost 30.92 U.S. dollars per megawatt-hour in 2022. Production costs were highest in 2012, when they came to 51.22 U.S. dollars in 2022 prices, but have decreased ever since. Some 772 terawatt-hours of electricity is generated by U.S. nuclear plants every year.
Electricity production costs for nuclear power plants in the United States from 2002 to 2022
(in U.S. dollars per megawatt-hour)
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NEI. (December 31, 2023). Electricity production costs for nuclear power plants in the United States from 2002 to 2022 (in U.S. dollars per megawatt-hour) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 03, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/184754/cost-of-nuclear-electricity-production-in-the-us-since-2000/
NEI. "Electricity production costs for nuclear power plants in the United States from 2002 to 2022 (in U.S. dollars per megawatt-hour)." Chart. December 31, 2023. Statista. Accessed July 03, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/184754/cost-of-nuclear-electricity-production-in-the-us-since-2000/
NEI. (2023). Electricity production costs for nuclear power plants in the United States from 2002 to 2022 (in U.S. dollars per megawatt-hour). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 03, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/184754/cost-of-nuclear-electricity-production-in-the-us-since-2000/
NEI. "Electricity Production Costs for Nuclear Power Plants in The United States from 2002 to 2022 (in U.S. Dollars per Megawatt-hour)." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Dec 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/184754/cost-of-nuclear-electricity-production-in-the-us-since-2000/
NEI, Electricity production costs for nuclear power plants in the United States from 2002 to 2022 (in U.S. dollars per megawatt-hour) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/184754/cost-of-nuclear-electricity-production-in-the-us-since-2000/ (last visited July 03, 2024)
Electricity production costs for nuclear power plants in the United States from 2002 to 2022 (in U.S. dollars per megawatt-hour) [Graph], NEI, December 31, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/184754/cost-of-nuclear-electricity-production-in-the-us-since-2000/