electricity are generated by U.S. nuclear plants every year.
The generation of electricity through nuclear power plants in the United States cost 29.13 U.S. dollars per megawatt-hour in 2021. Production costs were highest in 2012, when they came to over 47.6 U.S. dollars in 2021 prices, but have decreased ever since. Some 780 terawatt-hours of Electricity production costs for nuclear power plants in the United States from 2002 to 2021 (in U.S. dollars per megawatt-hour)*
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NEI. (October 28, 2022). Electricity production costs for nuclear power plants in the United States from 2002 to 2021 (in U.S. dollars per megawatt-hour)* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 05, 2023, 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 2021 (in U.S. dollars per megawatt-hour)*." Chart. October 28, 2022. Statista. Accessed December 05, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/184754/cost-of-nuclear-electricity-production-in-the-us-since-2000/
NEI. (2022). Electricity production costs for nuclear power plants in the United States from 2002 to 2021 (in U.S. dollars per megawatt-hour)*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 05, 2023. 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 2021 (in U.S. Dollars per Megawatt-hour)*." Statista, Statista Inc., 28 Oct 2022, 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 2021 (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 December 05, 2023)
Electricity production costs for nuclear power plants in the United States from 2002 to 2021 (in U.S. dollars per megawatt-hour)* [Graph], NEI, October 28, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/184754/cost-of-nuclear-electricity-production-in-the-us-since-2000/