NEI Nuclear Performance Report (December 2006)

Here's a summary of U.S. nuclear plant performances last month:

For December 2006, NEI estimates the average net capacity factor reached 94.3 percent. This figure is 2.1 percentage points lower than the same one month period in 2005. NEI estimates monthly nuclear generation at 70.2 billion kilowatt-hours for December 2006 compared to 71.7 bkWh for the same one month period in 2005.

For 2006, NEI estimates year to date nuclear generation at 787.6 billion kilowatt-hours compared to 782.0 bkWh in 2005 (0.7 percent increase).

For the report click here (pdf). It is also located on NEI's Nuclear Statistics webpage.

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