McGuire nuclear power plant

McGuire nuclear power plant in context

By gross operating capacity McGuire nuclear power plant is the 12th largest of 54 operating nuclear sites in the United States, holding 2% of the country's operating capacity, and ranks 62nd of 172 worldwide.

Its operating units started up between 1981 and 1984; the median unit is 43.5 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 10.5 to 12.1 years (median 11.3) 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 Catawba nuclear power plant (44 km), Virgil C Summer nuclear power plant (131 km) and H. B. Robinson nuclear power plant (135 km).

2 operating units are rated differently now from their design net capacities: Unit 1 -1.9% and Unit 2 -1.9%.

Build time by unit

Nearest tracked nuclear sites

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.