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🇺🇸 Watts Bar

Name: Watts Bar
Address: United States

Nuclear power plant · United States

Operational

Capacity≈2,383 MW

Units2

First Online1996

Construction Start1973

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

Reactor TypePWR

Coordinates35.601, -84.789

Watts Bar 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 2,383 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 1996. Reactor technology on site: PWR.

Reactor units at Watts Bar

Unit	Status	Reactor type	Net capacity	Key dates
Watts Bar-1	Operational	PWR WH 4LP (ICECND)	1,218 MW	Construction 1973 · Grid 1996
Watts Bar-2	Operational	PWR WH 4LP (ICECND)	1,165 MW	Construction 1973 · Grid 2016

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