Washington (Platts)--31Mar2008

US commercial nuclear power reactors set records for generation and
capacity factor in 2007, the Energy Information Administration said Monday.

The 806.5 billion kWh generated by the US' 104 power reactors in 2007
surpassed the previous record, set in 2004, by 2.3%, EIA said.

The fleet's 2007 capacity factor of 91.8% exceeded the previous record of
90.3%, set in 2002, EIA said.

--Steven Dolley, steven_dolley@platts.com