NEI Nuclear Performance Report (October 2006)

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

For October 2006, NEI estimates the average net capacity factor reached 76.8 percent. This figure is 5.4 percentage points lower than the same one month period in 2005. NEI estimates monthly nuclear generation at 57.3 billion kilowatt-hours for October 2006 compared to 61.4 BkWh for the same one month period in 2005.

For 2006, NEI estimates year to date nuclear generation at 656.0 billion kilowatt-hours compared to 648.5 BkWh in 2005 (1.2 percent increase).

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

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