U.S.: nuclear power operating heat rate 2021

In 2021, in order to create one kilowatt-hour of electricity, nuclear power plants in the United States required 10,429 British thermal units of energy. The operating heat rate for nuclear power in the U.S. has seen only small fluctuations between 2002 to 2021.

Average operating heat rate for nuclear power in the United States from 2002 to 2021* (in British thermal units per kilowatt-hour)

Characteristic	Heat rate in British thermal units per kilowatt-hour
2021	10,429
2020	10,446
2019	10,442
2018	10,455
2017	10,459
2016	10,459
2015	10,458
2014	10,459
2013	10,449
2012	10,479
2011	10,464
2010	10,452
2009	10,460
2008	10,453
2007	10,485
2006	10,436
2005	10,436
2004	10,427
2003	10,421
2002	10,442

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December 2022

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United States

Survey time period

2002 to 2021

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* Average tested heat rate for nuclear units.

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