The US nuclear fleet has lost approximately 10 gigawatts of capacity through reactor retirements since Fukushima, and is now looking at 3 gigawatts of restarts (Palisades, Duane Arnold, Three Mile Island 3) plus an estimated 6 gigawatts of uprating, totaling approximately 9 gigawatts of new capacity or capacity recovery in the near term.
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“the US fleet has lost about let's call it 10 gigawatts through retirements since Fukushima. We're now looking at three gigawatts of restarts... I estimate that we will see about six gigawatts of uprating.”
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