U.S. nuclear output at record high in first-half 2004

Washington (Platts)--30Aug2004

U.S. nuclear output reached record levels in the first half of 2004, DOE's
Energy Information Administration (EIA) said today. "Total nuclear output in
the first half of 2004 (including June) is 3.7 percent higher than in the
first half of 2003, and 1.7 percent higher than in the record year of 2002,"
EIA reported in data released today. U.S. nuclear generation for the first
half of 2004 totaled 389,815,067 megawatt-hours (MWH), compared to 375,735,112
MWH in first-half 2003, EIA said. EIA noted that "the data are preliminary"
and "much can happen in the remaining six months." EIA's "Nuclear Generation
by Month, by Reactor Table" provides output data by month for each U.S.
nuclear power plant. The data is on EIA's Web site at
http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/whatsnew/newwhatsnew.cfm.

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