According to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), the nuclear capacity in the United States should increase between 2016 and 2020, despite the scheduled closure of 2,125 MW of nuclear capacity by 2019, thanks to the addition of 5,618 MW of nuclear capacity between 2016 and 2020.
At least two nuclear reactors are expected to close by 2019, namely the Entergy-operated 685 MW Pilgrim nuclear plant in Massachusetts, that could be closed by mid-2019 or earlier (even in 2017 during its scheduled refuelling and maintenance) and the 678 MW Oyster Creek nuclear plant in New Jersey, expected to close in 2019.
Capacity additions should lead to a net increase in total US capacity and five new reactors are currently under construction in the United States. The 1,150 MW Watts Bar Unit 2 in Tennessee has just received its operational license and should be commissioned in 2016. The Vogtle power plant in Georgia and the V.C. Summer plant in South Carolina are each currently scheduled to begin operating two new reactors (each with 1,117 MW capacity) in 2019 and 2020, after 2 to 3 years of delays.
Source: EIA
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