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Entergy’s nuclear fleet essential to meeting carbon-free commitments
10/22/2024
Entergy is proud to celebrate Nuclear Science Week, an international, broadly observed week-long celebration to focus local, regional and international interests on all aspects of nuclear science. Nuclear Science Week is celebrated during the third week of October each year.
Entergy owns and operates a national fleet of five reactors in four locations, safely generating enough clean electricity to power more than 2.6 million homes. With approximately 3,000 nuclear professionals in multiple states, Entergy is more than just a fleet of nuclear power plants. It is a company dedicated to improving the lives of its customers, communities and the environment in which its employees live and work.
By harnessing 100% clean nuclear power, Entergy can help solve the challenge of climate change and meet the growing demands of the nation's energy needs.
Nuclear is clean.
Nuclear facilities protect our air quality by generating electricity without harmful pollutants like carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxide, sulfur dioxide, particulate matter or mercury.
Entergy’s fleet of nuclear plants prevents the emission of nearly 23 million metric tons of carbon dioxide yearly, which is approximately the amount released by five million vehicles each year.
Nuclear facilities can cleanly power small towns, big cities and everywhere in between.
With nuclear, the world can create a clean energy future faster and more affordably than with renewables.
Nuclear is reliable.
America is moving toward a clean energy future. That energy needs to be not only clean, but reliable and cost-effective.
24/7, 365 days a year, rain or shine, nuclear is powering that clean energy future. It does so no matter what’s happening outside—regardless of rain, snow or extreme weather conditions.
Nuclear facilities are built to withstand the toughest of circumstances.
Nuclear fuel is small but mighty.
One uranium fuel pellet is about the same size as a pencil eraser. One pellet creates as much energy as one ton of coal, or 149 gallons of oil, or 17,000 cubic feet of natural gas.
A typical nuclear power reactor generates enough electricity to power 755,000 homes without emitting any greenhouse gases. That's more than enough to power a city the size of Philadelphia.
Nuclear energy is critical to decarbonizing the energy sector.
Entergy is taking aggressive action to combat climate change and its impacts. The company is committed to net-zero carbon dioxide emissions by 2050, and its nuclear portfolio is a major part of that equation. Learn more about that commitment here.
Learn more about Entergy’s nuclear fleet here.
