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🇺🇸 Enrico Fermi

Name: Enrico Fermi
Address: United States

Nuclear power plant · United States

Operational

Capacity≈1,153 MW

Units2

First Online1966

Construction Start1956

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

Reactor TypeFBR, BWR

Coordinates41.960, -83.257

Enrico Fermi is a nuclear power station in United States. Of its 2 recorded unit(s), 1 reactor is operational, 1 permanently shut down. Combined net capacity of the operating units is about 1,153 MW. As of 2026-09-03, 1 of 1 reactor at this site was generating, according to the U.S. NRC daily status report. The first unit reached commercial operation in 1966. Reactor technology on site: FBR, BWR.

Reactor units at Enrico Fermi

Unit	Status	Reactor type	Net capacity	Key dates
Enrico Fermi-1	Shut Down	FBR Liquid Metal FBR	60 MW	Construction 1956 · Grid 1966 · Shutdown 1972
Enrico Fermi-2	Operational	BWR BWR-4 (Mark 1)	1,093 MW	Construction 1972 · Grid 1988

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