Nuclear News: Cover Story: U.S. Capacity Factors

Access the issue   Member login required May Issue Digital version now available Cover Story: U.S. Capacity Factors   This month, making what is sure to be a well-read return to the magazine's pages after a one-year hiatus is our U.S. nuclear capacity factors feature! According to our intrepid numbers cruncher, the median DER net capacity factor of the 98 reactors included in this latest survey (covering the three-year period of 2016–2018) is the highest ever reported by Nuclear News. Major takeaways include: Fleet-wide 2016–2018 capacity factor: 91.01% Highest performer: Exelon's Calvert Cliffs-2, at 101.46% Most improved: Xcel's Monticello, at 94.86%—a 24.09% improvement Highest ranking owner/operator: Southern, at 94.49% Also in the issue: MIT's Charles Forsberg on "LWR heat storage for peak power and increased revenue" Part one of former ANS President William Burchill's disagreement with the March issue's TMI-2 article An interview with the CEO and COO of Deep Isolation on the firm's solution to HLW disposal