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🇺🇸 Brunswick

Name: Brunswick
Address: United States

Nuclear power plant · United States

Operational

Capacity≈1,642 MW

Units2

First Online1975

Construction Start1970

Reactor power (NRC)100% avg · 2026-09-03

Reactor TypeBWR

Coordinates33.958, -78.007

Brunswick is a nuclear power station in United States. Of its 2 recorded unit(s), 2 reactors are operational. Combined net capacity of the operating units is about 1,642 MW. As of 2026-09-03, 2 of 2 reactors at this site were generating, according to the U.S. NRC daily status report. The first unit reached commercial operation in 1975. Reactor technology on site: BWR.

Reactor units at Brunswick

Unit	Status	Reactor type	Net capacity	Key dates
Brunswick-2	Operational	BWR BWR-4 (Mark 1)	821 MW	Construction 1970 · Grid 1975
Brunswick-1	Operational	BWR BWR-4 (Mark 1)	821 MW	Construction 1970 · Grid 1977

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