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🇺🇸 Limerick

Name: Limerick
Address: United States

Nuclear power plant · United States

Operational

Capacity≈2,110 MW

Units2

First Online1986

Construction Start1974

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

Reactor TypeBWR

Coordinates40.225, -75.584

Limerick 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 2,110 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 1986. Reactor technology on site: BWR.

Reactor units at Limerick

Unit	Status	Reactor type	Net capacity	Key dates
Limerick-1	Operational	BWR BWR-4 (Mark 2)	1,055 MW	Construction 1974 · Grid 1986
Limerick-2	Operational	BWR BWR-4 (Mark 2)	1,055 MW	Construction 1974 · Grid 1990

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