River Bend
Nuclear power plant · West Feliciana County, Louisiana
Details
- Primary fuel
- Nuclear
- Technology
- Nuclear
- Operator
- Entergy Louisiana LLC
- County
- West Feliciana County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 3.54%
- Rank among nuclear plants in Louisiana
- #2 of 2
- EIA plant code
- 6462
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nuclear | 1,036 MW | 968 MW | 1986 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
Similarly sized plants in Louisiana
| Waterford 3 | Nuclear | 1,200 MW |
| Plaquemine Cogeneration Plant | Natural gas | 1,085 MW |
| Little Gypsy | Natural gas | 1,003 MW |
| Lake Charles Power | Natural gas | 1,000 MW |
About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 1,036 MW solar plant and a 1,036 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.
“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All Louisiana power plants · What Louisiana actually generates