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🇺🇸 Dresden

Name: Dresden
Address: United States

Nuclear power plant · United States

Operational

Capacity≈1,780 MW

Units3

First Online1960

Construction Start1956

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

Reactor TypeBWR

Coordinates41.353, -88.349

Dresden is a nuclear power station in United States. Of its 3 recorded unit(s), 2 reactors are operational, 1 permanently shut down. Combined net capacity of the operating units is about 1,780 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 1960. Reactor technology on site: BWR.

Reactor units at Dresden

Unit	Status	Reactor type	Net capacity	Key dates
Dresden-1	Shut Down	BWR	192 MW	Construction 1956 · Grid 1960 · Shutdown 1978
Dresden-2	Operational	BWR BWR-3 (Mark 1)	794 MW	Construction 1966 · Grid 1970
Dresden-3	Operational	BWR BWR-3 (Mark 1)	794 MW	Construction 1966 · Grid 1971

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