US Nuclear Reactors Shutdown - Years Operating Lifetime

This post is a simple table of the US nuclear reactors that have been shut down thus far, sorted by the number of years operated, from shortest life to longest.   Updated, added a graph showing age at retirement. - 8/7/2017

There is a mistaken belief, and many false statements by nuclear cheerleaders that nuclear reactors last for 60 years.  The fact is that very, very few make it to their design life of 40 years.   Data is from US NRC website. 

Reactor Name

State

Years    Operated

1		Three Mile Island 2	PA	0.93
2		Pathfinder	SD	1.19
3		Shoreham	NY	2.99
4		Saxton	PA	5.00
5		GE Valecitos	CA	6.27
6		Fermi 1	MI	6.32
7		Peach Bottom 1	PA	7.76
8		Indian Point-1	NY	12.12
9		N.S. Savannah	VA	12.47
10		Fort St. Vrain	CO	12.71
11		Humboldt Bay 3	CA	13.21
12		Rancho Seco 1	CA	14.65
13		Trojan	OR	16.88
14		Dresden 1	IL	18.49
15		La Crosse	WI	19.01
16		Zion 2	IL	24.02
17		Zion 1	IL	24.68
18		Maine Yankee	ME	24.73
19		San Onofre 1	CA	25.38
20		Millstone 1	CT	27.59
21		Yankee-Rowe	MA	27.77
22		San Onofre 2	CA	29.00
23		Haddam Neck	CT	29.33
24		San Onofre 3	CA	30.00
25		Big Rock Point	MI	34.72

   26      Fort Calhoun                     NE                  43.17

   27       Crystal River 3                   FL                   32.5

   28       Vermont Yankee                  VT                  42.1

  29       Oyster Creek                  NJ                        48.7

  30       Plymouth                        MA                        47

  31      Three Mile Island 1          PA                        45

Figure 1.   US Reactors Shown by Age at Retirement
1 is Three Mile Island 2  - source: Data from NRC  - graph by R. Sowell
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