Braidwood nuclear power plant

Braidwood nuclear power plant in context

By gross operating capacity Braidwood nuclear power plant is the 9th largest of 54 operating nuclear sites in the United States, holding 2% of the country's operating capacity, and ranks 58th of 172 worldwide.

Its operating units started up in 1988; the median unit is 38.0 years old, younger than the median of 45.0 in the United States.

The 2 units with both construction and grid dates on record took 11.9 to 12.8 years (median 12.4) from construction start to grid connection; the median across all reactors connected in the 1980s is 7.3 years.

The nearest other tracked nuclear sites are Dresden nuclear power plant (17 km), LaSalle nuclear power plant (37 km) and Byron nuclear power plant (127 km).

2 operating units are rated differently now from their design net capacities: Unit 1 +6.6% and Unit 2 +3.6%.

Build time by unit

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How these are worked out: ranks use gross operating capacity; ages count from the start-up year on record, as on the age page; build times run from construction start to grid connection, as on the build-times page; ratings are the tracker's net and design net capacity, as on the uprates page. Distances are straight-line between exact positions, so a site with only an approximate position gets none. A unit missing a date or a rating is left out of the figure that needs it.