Not due to peak oil actually, but due to North American peak gas. Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.
Exelon Nuclear is headquartered in Warrenville, Ill., and is a business unit of Exelon Corporation. It operates the largest nuclear fleet in the nation and the third largest fleet in the world. Exelon's ten stations - with 17 reactors - represent approximately 20 percent of the U.S. nuclear industry's power capacity. Chris Crane is president and chief nuclear officer Exelon Nuclear and senior vice president, Exelon Corporation. Exelon Nuclear's 17 generating units produced a total of 130.2 million net megawatt-hours of electricity in 2005. The fleet also achieved an average capacity factor of 93.5 percent, the fifth year in a row the capacity factor was more than 92 percent.
Exelon Nuclear's 17 generating units produced a total of 130.2 million net megawatt-hours of electricity in 2005. The fleet also achieved an average capacity factor of 93.5 percent, the fifth year in a row the capacity factor was more than 92 percent.
