NEI Nuclear Performance Report (April 2006)

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

For April 2006, NEI estimates the average net capacity factor reached 80.6%. This figure is 5.1 percentage points higher than the same one month period in 2005. NEI estimates monthly nuclear generation at 56.9 billion kilowatthours for April 2006 compared to 55.1 BkWh for the same one month period in 2005.

For 2006, NEI estimates year to date nuclear generation at 255.1 billion kilowatt-hours compared to 247.5 BkWh in 2005 (3.1 percent increase).

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

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