Nuclear Regulatory Commission Maps

Located at nrc.gov, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) created and updates several maps relating to operating nuclear power reactors, new nuclear power reactors being implemented, and the decommissioning of sites with "complex materials." While not the only source of nuclear waste, nuclear power plants and their reactors do inevitably seek ways to dispose of nuclear waste. A national (and underground) nuclear waste disposal facility at Yucca Mountain in Nye County, Nevada was to be opened to allow nuclear waste to be transported from various nuclear power plants and other facilities. However, this project was stalled especially since "the Department of Energy lacks the required land and water rights and has no reason to expect that it will obtain them in the future," according to Nevada Senator Harry Reid in a January 2015 released statement regarding the NRC's latest Yucca Mt. evaluation report. With the halting of a national nuclear waste disposal site, nuclear power plants such as the one in Zion, Illinois have stored tons of spent fuel rods in potentially unsafe concrete casks, according to the Chicago Tribune.

Operating Nuclear Power Reactors
There are 100 licensed nuclear power facilities in the United States of America, according to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. They are located in about 30 states. Click here to access an interactive version of the map below.

Possible New Nuclear Power Facilities
Click on the image below to access the NRC's webpage, which allows you to...
1) click on each site for more details.
2) click on the bottom abbreviations for specific details and images of nuclear reactor designs.

Map of Complex Materials Sites Undergoing Decommissioning
This map shows the facilities where the NRC will perform the task of decommissioning, which means these places will no longer produce or store complex materials: manmade chemicals, nuclear waste products, etc. Click here to access an interactive version of the map below.