How Close Do You Live to a Nuclear Reactor?

Earthquake Risk Map

ALABAMA

Name	Location	Operator	Type	Age	License Extended*	Note
Reactors
Browns Ferry 1, 2, 3	Athens 32 mi W of Huntsville	Tennessee Valley Authority	Boiling water reactor	38, 37, 35	Yes	Same structure as Fukushima Daiichi
Farley 1, 2	Columbia 18 mi S of Dothan	Southern Nuclear	Pressurized water reactor	34, 30	Yes
* License has been extended from 40 to 60 years

X

ARKANSAS

Name	Location	Operator	Type	Age	License Extended*	Note
Reactors
Arkansas Nuclear 1, 2	London 6 mi WNW of Russellville	Entergy	Pressurized water reactor	37, 33	Yes
* License has been extended from 40 to 60 years

X

ARIZONA

Name	Location	Operator	Type	Age	License Extended*	Note
Reactors
Palo Verde 1, 2, 3	Wintersburg 50 mi W of Phoenix	Arizona Public Service	Pressurized water reactor	26, 25, 24	Application pending
* License has been extended from 40 to 60 years

X

CALIFORNIA

Name	Location	Operator	Type	Age	License Extended*	Note
Reactors
Diablo Canyon 1, 2	Avila Beach 12 mi WSW of San Luis Obispo	Pacific Gas & Electric	Pressurized water reactor	27, 26	Application pending
San Onofre 2, 3	San Clemente 45 mi SE of Long Beach	Southern California Edison	Pressurized water reactor	29, 29	No application yet
* License has been extended from 40 to 60 years

X

CONNECTICUT

Name	Location	Operator	Type	Age	License Extended*	Note
Reactors
Millstone 2, 3	Waterford 3.2 mi WSW of New London	Dominion	Pressurized water reactor	36, 25	Yes
* License has been extended from 40 to 60 years

X

FLORIDA

Name	Location	Operator	Type	Age	License Extended*	Note
Reactors
Crystal River 3	Crystal River 80 mi N of Tampa	Progress Energy	Pressurized water reactor	35	Application pending
Saint Lucie 1, 2	Jensen Beach 10 mi SE of Ft. Pierce	Florida Power & Light	Pressurized water reactor	35, 28	Yes
Turkey Point 3, 4	Homestead 20 mi S of Miami	Florida Power & Light	Pressurized water reactor	39, 38	Yes
Proposed Reactors
Levy County 1, 2	Levy County 38 mi SW of Gainesville	Application by Progress Energy	Advanced passive pressurized water reactor
Turkey Point 6, 7	Homestead 20 mi S of Miami	Application by Florida Power & Light	Advanced passive pressurized water reactor
* License has been extended from 40 to 60 years

X

GEORGIA

Name	Location	Operator	Type	Age	License Extended*	Note
Reactors
Hatch 1, 2	Baxley 20 mi S of Vidalia	Southern Nuclear	Boiling water reactor	37, 33	Yes	Same structure as Fukushima Daiichi
Vogtle 1, 2	Waynesboro 26 mi SE of Augusta	Southern Nuclear	Pressurized water reactor	24, 22	Yes
Proposed Reactors
Vogtle 3, 4	Waynesboro 26 mi SE of Augusta	Application by Southern Nuclear	Advanced passive pressurized water reactor
* License has been extended from 40 to 60 years

X

IOWA

Name	Location	Operator	Type	Age	License Extended*	Note
Reactors
Duane Arnold	Palo 8 mi NW of Cedar Rapids	NextEra Energy	Boiling water reactor	37	Yes	Same structure as Fukushima Daiichi
* License has been extended from 40 to 60 years

X

IllINOIS

Name	Location	Operator	Type	Age	License Extended*	Note
Reactors
Braidwood 1, 2	Braceville 20 mi SSW of Joliet	Exelon	Pressurized water reactor	24, 23	No application yet
Byron 1, 2	Byron 17 mi SW of Rockford	Exelon	Pressurized water reactor	26, 24	No application yet
Clinton	Clinton 23 mi SSE of Bloomington	Exelon	Boiling water reactor	24	No application yet
Dresden 2, 3	Morris 25 mi SW of Joliet	Exelon	Boiling water reactor	41, 40	Yes	Same structure as Fukushima Daiichi
La Salle 1, 2	Marseilles 11 mi SE of Ottawa	Exelon	Boiling water reactor	29, 28	No application yet
Quad Cities 1, 2	Cordova 20 mi NE of Moline	Exelon	Boiling water reactor	39, 39	Yes	Same structure as Fukushima Daiichi
* License has been extended from 40 to 60 years

X

KANSAS

Name	Location	Operator	Type	Age	License Extended*	Note
Reactors
Wolf Creek 1	Burlington 3.5 mi NE of Burlington	Wolf Creek Nuclear	Pressurized water reactor	26	Yes
* License has been extended from 40 to 60 years

X

LOUISIANA

Name	Location	Operator	Type	Age	License Extended*	Note
Reactors
River Bend 1	St. Francisville 24 mi NNW of Baton Rouge	Entergy	Boiling water reactor	26	No application yet
Waterford 3	Killona 25 mi W of New Orleans	Entergy	Pressurized water reactor	26	No application yet
* License has been extended from 40 to 60 years

X

MASSACHUSETTS

Name	Location	Operator	Type	Age	License Extended*	Note
Reactors
Pilgrim 1	Plymouth 38 mi SE of Boston	Entergy	Boiling water reactor	39	Application pending	Same structure as Fukushima Daiichi
* License has been extended from 40 to 60 years

X

MARYLAND

Name	Location	Operator	Type	Age	License Extended*	Note
Reactors
Calvert Cliffs 1, 2	Lusby 40 mi S of Annapolis	Constellation Energy	Pressurized water reactor	37, 35	Yes
Proposed Reactors
Calvert Cliffs 3	Lusby 40 mi S of Annapolis	Application by Constellation Energy	Evolutionary power reactor
* License has been extended from 40 to 60 years

X

MICHIGAN

Name	Location	Operator	Type	Age	License Extended*	Note
Reactors
D.C. Cook 1, 2	Bridgman 13 mi S of Benton Harbor	American Electric Power	Pressurized water reactor	37, 34	Yes
Fermi 2	Newport 25 mi NE of Toledo, OH	Detroit Edison	Boiling water reactor	26	No application yet	Same structure as Fukushima Daiichi
Palisades	Covert 5 mi S of South Haven	Entergy	Pressurized water reactor	40	Yes
Proposed Reactors
Fermi 3	Newport 25 mi NE of Toledo, OH	Application by Detroit Edison	Economic simplified boiling water reactor
* License has been extended from 40 to 60 years

X

MINNESOTA

Name	Location	Operator	Type	Age	License Extended*	Note
Reactors
Monticello	Monticello 30 mi NW of Minneapolis	Northern States Power	Boiling water reactor	41	Yes	Same structure as Fukushima Daiichi
Prairie Island 1, 2	Welch 28 mi SE of Minneapolis	Northern States Power	Pressurized water reactor	37, 37	Application pending
* License has been extended from 40 to 60 years

X

MISSOURI

Name	Location	Operator	Type	Age	License Extended*	Note
Reactors
Callaway	Fulton 25 mi ENE of Jefferson City	Ameren	Pressurized water reactor	27	No application yet
* License has been extended from 40 to 60 years

X

MISSISSIPPI

Name	Location	Operator	Type	Age	License Extended*	Note
Reactors
Grand Gulf 1	Port Gibson 20 mi S of Vicksburg	Entergy	Boiling water reactor	27	No application yet
* License has been extended from 40 to 60 years

X

NORTH CAROLINA

Name	Location	Operator	Type	Age	License Extended*	Note
Reactors
Brunswick 1, 2	Southport 40 mi S of Wilmington	Progress Energy	Boiling water reactor	35, 37	Yes	Same structure as Fukushima Daiichi
McGuire 1, 2	Huntsville 17 mi N of Charlotte	Duke Energy	Pressurized water reactor	30, 28	Yes
Shearon Harris 1	New Hill 20 mi SW of Raleigh	Progress Energy	Pressurized water reactor	25	Yes
Proposed Reactors
Shearon Harris 2, 3	New Hill 20 mi SW of Raleigh	Application by Progress Energy	Advanced passive pressurized water reactor
* License has been extended from 40 to 60 years

X

NEBRASKA

Name	Location	Operator	Type	Age	License Extended*	Note
Reactors
Cooper	Brownville 23 mi S of Nebraska City	Energy Nuclear Nebraska	Boiling water reactor	37	Yes	Same structure as Fukushima Daiichi
Fort Calhoun	Fort Calhoun 19 mi N of Omaha	Omaha Public Power District	Pressurized water reactor	38	Yes
* License has been extended from 40 to 60 years

X

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Name	Location	Operator	Type	Age	License Extended*	Note
Reactors
Seabrook 1	Seabrook 13 mi S of Portsmouth	NextEra Energy	Pressurized water reactor	21	Application pending
* License has been extended from 40 to 60 years

X

NEW JERSEY

Name	Location	Operator	Type	Age	License Extended*	Note
Reactors
Hope Creek 1	Hancock Bridge 18 mi SE of Wilmington	Public Service Electric & Gas	Boiling water reactor	25
Oyster Creek	Forked River 9 mi S of Toms River	Exelon	Boiling water reactor	42
Salem 1, 2	Hancock Bridge 18 mi SE of Wilmington	Public Service Electric & Gas	Pressurized water reactor	35, 30
Proposed Reactors
PSEG 1, 2	Hancock Bridge 18 mi SE of Wilmington	Application by Public Service Electric & Gas	TBA
* License has been extended from 40 to 60 years

X

NEW YORK

Name	Location	Operator	Type	Age	License Extended*	Note
Reactors
FitzPatrick	Scriba 6 mi NE of Oswego	Entergy	Boiling water reactor	37	Yes	Same structure as Fukushima Daiichi
Ginna	Ontario 20 mi NE of Rochester	Constellation Energy	Pressurized water reactor	42	Yes
Indian Point 2, 3	Buchanan 24 mi N of New York City	Entergy	Pressurized water reactor	38, 36	Application pending
Nine Mile Point 1, 2	Scriba 6 mi NE of Oswego	Constellation Energy	Boiling water reactor	42, 24	Yes	Same structure as Fukushima Daiichi
* License has been extended from 40 to 60 years

X

OHIO

Name	Location	Operator	Type	Age	License Extended*	Note
Reactors
Davis-Besse	Oak Harbor 21 mi ESE of Toledo	FirstEnergy	Pressurized water reactor	34	Application pending
Perry 1	Perry 35 mi NE of Cleveland	FirstEnergy	Boiling water reactor	25	No application yet
* License has been extended from 40 to 60 years

X

PENNSLYVANIA

Name	Location	Operator	Type	Age	License Extended*	Note
Reactors
Beaver Valley 1, 2	Shippingport 17 mi W of McCandless	FirstEnergy	Pressurized water reactor	35, 24	Yes
Limerick 1, 2	Limerick 21 mi NW of Philadelphia	Exelon	Boiling water reactor	26, 22	No application yet
Peach Bottom 2, 3	Delta 17.9 mi S of Lancaster	Exelon	Boiling water reactor	38, 37	Yes	Same structure as Fukushima Daiichi
Susquehanna 1, 2	Salem Township 70 mi NE of Harrisburg	Pennsylvania Power & Light	Boiling water reactor	27, 29	Yes
Three Mile Island 1	Middletown 10 mi SE of Harrisburg	Exelon	Pressurized water reactor	37	Yes
Proposed Reactors
Bell Bend	Salem Township 70 mi NE of Harrisburg	Application by Pennsylvania Power & Light	Evolutionary power reactor
* License has been extended from 40 to 60 years

X

SOUTH CAROLINA

Name	Location	Operator	Type	Age	License Extended*	Note
Reactors
Catawba 1, 2	York 18 mi S of Charlotte, NC	Duke Energy	Pressurized water reactor	26, 25	Yes
Oconee 1, 2, 3	Seneca 30 mi W of Greenville	Duke Energy	Pressurized water reactor	38, 38, 37	Yes
Robinson 2	Hartsville 26 mi NW of Florence	Progress Energy	Pressurized water reactor	41	Yes
Summer 1	Jenkinsville 26 mi NW of Columbia	South Carolina Electric & Gas	Pressurized water reactor	29	Yes
Proposed Reactors
Summer 2, 3	Jenkinsville 26 mi NW of Columbia	Application by South Carolina Electric & Gas	Advanced passive pressurized water reactor
William Lee 1, 2	Cherokee County 35 mi SW of Charlotte, NC	Application by Duke Energy	Advanced passive pressurized water reactor
* License has been extended from 40 to 60 years

X

TENNESSEE

Name	Location	Operator	Type	Age	License Extended*	Note
Reactors
Sequoyah 1, 2	Soddy-Daisy 16 mi NE of Chattanooga	Tennessee Valley Authority	Pressurized water reactor	31, 30	No application yet
Watts Bar 2	Spring City 60 mi SW of Knoxville	Tennessee Valley Authority	Pressurized water reactor	0		Work resumed 2008; operation expected 2012
* License has been extended from 40 to 60 years

X

TEXAS

Name	Location	Operator	Type	Age	License Extended*	Note
Reactors
Comanche Peak 1, 2	Glen Rose 40 mi SW of Fort Worth	Luminant Generation	Pressurized water reactor	21, 18	No application yet
South Texas 1, 2	Bay City 90 mi SW of Houston	South Texas Project	Pressurized water reactor	23, 22	Application pending
Proposed Reactors
Comanche Peak 3, 4	Glen Rose 40 mi SW of Fort Worth	Application by Luminent Generation	Advanced pressurized water reactor
Victoria County Station 1, 2	Victoria County 13 mi S of Victoria	Application by Exelon	TBA
* License has been extended from 40 to 60 years

X

VIRGINIA

Name	Location	Operator	Type	Age	License Extended*	Note
Reactors
North Anna 1, 2	Louisa 40 mi NW of Richmond	Dominion	Pressurized water reactor	33, 31	Yes
Surry 1, 2	Surry 17 mi NW of Newport News	Dominion	Pressurized water reactor	39, 38	Yes
Proposed Reactors
North Anna 3	Louisa 40 mi NW of Richmond	Application by Dominion	Advanced pressurized water reactor
* License has been extended from 40 to 60 years

X

VERMONT

Name	Location	Operator	Type	Age	License Extended*	Note
Reactors
Vermont Yankee	Vernon 5 mi S of Brattleboro	Entergy	Boiling water reactor	38	Yes	Same structure as Fukushima Daiichi
* License has been extended from 40 to 60 years

X

WASHINGTON

Name	Location	Operator	Type	Age	License Extended*	Note
Reactors
Columbia 2	Richland 20 mi NNE of Pasco	Energy Northwest	Boiling water reactor	27	Application pending
* License has been extended from 40 to 60 years

X

WISCONSIN

Name	Location	Operator	Type	Age	License Extended*	Note
Reactors
Kewaunee	Kewaunee 27 mi ESE of Green Bay	Dominion	Pressurized water reactor	38	Yes
Point Beach 1, 2	Two Rivers 13 mi NNW of Manitowoc	NextEra Energy	Pressurized water reactor	41, 38	Yes
* License has been extended from 40 to 60 years

X