How many nuclear power plant reactors are there in the United States?

A few people visiting the nuclear power plant and seismic hazard page have noted that their only appears to be around 63 nuclear power plants on the map, yet, they say, there should be 104. At first I thought they were confused because many of the nuclear power plant facilities have more than one reactor. Some have as many as 3. So, I checked with the NRC and found 2 different lists that had 64 plants and 103 reactors, but the lists were not identical. A few plants appearing on one list, did not appear on the other. So, to get at the bottom of this and find the most current list of operating nuclear power plants in the U.S. I am going to compare the two NRC lists with those from Nukeworker.org, IEA and the World Nuclear Association and come up with THE list.

Note that if you look at the current spreadsheet or shapefile that you may download from this page, you will find several other types of nuclear related facilities besides Nuclear Power Plants. In the future, I'd like to also list and document all the non-energy related reactors that are in operation at national laboratories, universities, hospitals, research firms and elsewhere. Beyond that it is also important to document decommissioned nuclear power plants and other places that nuclear waste is currently stored.

View and download the nuclear power plant and seismic hazards shapefiles and spreadsheet

Can a Fukushima Like Nuclear Accident Happen in the United States?

Yesterday I told you about free nuclear facility, seismic hazard and earthquake shapefiles. I've added a spreadsheet showing the names, locations and type of facilities that are included in the shapefile. These include Power Plant, Fuel Cycle Licensee, Material Licensee, Site Decommissioning, Uranium Mill Site, High Level Waste, and Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation.

Download the nuclear facility spreadsheet and shapefiles here.

Download Mexico Canada U.S. Transportation ArcGIS Shapefiles

Includes railroads, highways, border crossings, ports, states, provinces, airports, intermodal, auto ramps... for Mexico, United States and Canada

Download Free North American GIS Shapefile Maps

New to GIS? Learn more about it and take advantage of our Free Learn2Map GIS Tutorial and Shapefile Atlas

United States Green Renewable Wind Energy Maps by State on Flickr.com

Our United States Green Renewable Wind Energy Resource Potential Maps by State are now on flickr.com in a variety of sizes for you to view or download. The wind for these maps is measured at 50 meters above ground.



More of our maps are being added to flickr.com on an ongoing basis so be sure to check MapCruzin.com Maps at Flickr.com

Free U.S. States ArcGIS Shapefile Map Layers to Download

Free U.S. States ArcGIS Shapefile Map Layers to Download. Several new ones will be added each day. Include administrative boundaries, parks, forests, water bodies, hospitals, churches, roads, highways, paths, trails .... more.

Download Free U.S. State ArcGIS Shapefiles

2009 Climate Impacts in the United States Maps, Charts & Tables

2009 Climate Impacts in the United States Maps, Charts & Tables. These are the high resolution images used in the 2009 United States Global Change Research Program Report, Climate Impacts in the United States.

View and download maps, charts and tables from Climate Impacts in the United States report

Renewable Energy Potential Maps

I've added more free maps including: Renewable Energy Potential Maps of the United States, Terrorism Maps and War Maps. More to come on a daily basis so check MapCruzin.com often.