electricity are generated by U.S. nuclear plants every year.
The generation of electricity through nuclear power plants in the United States cost 30.41 U.S. dollars per megawatt hour. Production cost were highest in 2012, when they came to over 44 U.S. dollars in 2019 prices, but have decreased in every year since. Some 809 terawatt hours of Electricity production costs for nuclear power plants in the United States from 2002 to 2019 (in U.S. dollars per megawatt hour)
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NEI. (October 20, 2020). Electricity production costs for nuclear power plants in the United States from 2002 to 2019 (in U.S. dollars per megawatt hour) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 16, 2021, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/184754/cost-of-nuclear-electricity-production-in-the-us-since-2000/
NEI. "Electricity production costs for nuclear power plants in the United States from 2002 to 2019 (in U.S. dollars per megawatt hour)." Chart. October 20, 2020. Statista. Accessed January 16, 2021. https://www.statista.com/statistics/184754/cost-of-nuclear-electricity-production-in-the-us-since-2000/
NEI. (2020). Electricity production costs for nuclear power plants in the United States from 2002 to 2019 (in U.S. dollars per megawatt hour). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 16, 2021. https://www.statista.com/statistics/184754/cost-of-nuclear-electricity-production-in-the-us-since-2000/
NEI. "Electricity Production Costs for Nuclear Power Plants in The United States from 2002 to 2019 (in U.S. Dollars per Megawatt Hour)." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Oct 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/184754/cost-of-nuclear-electricity-production-in-the-us-since-2000/
NEI, Electricity production costs for nuclear power plants in the United States from 2002 to 2019 (in U.S. dollars per megawatt hour) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/184754/cost-of-nuclear-electricity-production-in-the-us-since-2000/ (last visited January 16, 2021)