The statistic shows the cost of nuclear electricity production in the United States between 2000 and 2018. In 2018, the production cost of electricity generated from nuclear power came to 31.88 U.S. dollars per megawatt hour.
Nuclear electricity production costs in the U.S. from 2002 to 2018 (in U.S. dollars per megawatt hour)*
* All values are presented in 2018 U.S. dollars. According to the source, production costs equal the sum of operations and capital costs and fuel costs.
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NEI. (September 1, 2019). Nuclear electricity production costs in the U.S. from 2002 to 2018 (in U.S. dollars per megawatt hour)* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 28, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/184754/cost-of-nuclear-electricity-production-in-the-us-since-2000/
NEI. "Nuclear electricity production costs in the U.S. from 2002 to 2018 (in U.S. dollars per megawatt hour)*." Chart. September 1, 2019. Statista. Accessed February 28, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/184754/cost-of-nuclear-electricity-production-in-the-us-since-2000/
NEI. (2019). Nuclear electricity production costs in the U.S. from 2002 to 2018 (in U.S. dollars per megawatt hour)*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 28, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/184754/cost-of-nuclear-electricity-production-in-the-us-since-2000/
NEI. "Nuclear Electricity Production Costs in The U.S. from 2002 to 2018 (in U.S. Dollars per Megawatt Hour)*." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Sep 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/184754/cost-of-nuclear-electricity-production-in-the-us-since-2000/
NEI, Nuclear electricity production costs in the U.S. from 2002 to 2018 (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 February 28, 2020)
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