Salem nuclear power plant

Salem nuclear power plant in context

By gross operating capacity Salem nuclear power plant is the 10th largest of 54 operating nuclear sites in the United States, holding 2% of the country's operating capacity, and ranks 60th of 172 worldwide.

Its operating units started up between 1977 and 1981; the median unit is 47.0 years old, older than the median of 45.0 in the United States.

The 2 units with both construction and grid dates on record took 8.2 to 12.7 years (median 10.5) 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 Hope Creek nuclear power plant (0 km), Peach Bottom nuclear power plant (71 km) and Limerick nuclear power plant (85 km).

2 operating units are rated differently now from their design net capacities: Unit 1 +7.2% and Unit 2 +3.9%.

The tracker lists a planned retirement year, a forecast and not a decision on record, for 2 operating units: Unit 1 (2036) and Unit 2 (2040).

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.