Brunswick Nuclear
Nuclear power plant · Brunswick County, North Carolina
Details
- Primary fuel
- Nuclear
- Technology
- Nuclear
- Operator
- Duke Energy Progress - (NC)
- County
- Brunswick County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 5.00%
- Rank among nuclear plants in North Carolina
- #2 of 3
- EIA plant code
- 6014
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nuclear | 1,002 MW | 938 MW | 1977 | Operating |
| 2 | Nuclear | 1,002 MW | 932 MW | 1975 | 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 North Carolina
| Sherwood H Smith Jr Energy Complex | Natural gas | 2,245 MW |
| Marshall (NC) | Natural gas | 2,119 MW |
| James E. Rogers Energy Complex | Coal | 1,531 MW |
| Rowan | Natural gas | 1,192 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 2,003 MW solar plant and a 2,003 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 North Carolina power plants · What North Carolina actually generates