This is a list of canceled nuclear plants in the United States.

The late 1960s and early 1970s saw a rapid growth in the development of nuclear power in the United States. By 1976, however, many nuclear plant proposals were no longer viable due to a slower rate of growth in electricity demand, significant cost and time overruns, and more complex regulatory requirements. Also, there was considerable public opposition to nuclear power

Anti-nuclear movement in the United States

The anti-nuclear movement in the United States consists of more than 80 anti-nuclear groups which have acted to oppose nuclear power or nuclear weapons, or both, in the United States. These groups include the Abalone Alliance, Clamshell Alliance, Institute for Energy and Environmental Research,...

 in the USA by this time, which contributed to delays in licensing planned nuclear power stations, and further increased costs.

Many license applications for proposed new reactors, filed with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is an independent agency of the United States government that was established by the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 from the United States Atomic Energy Commission, and was first opened January 19, 1975...

 in the 2000s, have been suspended or cancelled. The number of reactors with any serious prospect of being built as of the end of 2010 is about a dozen.

Canceled nuclear plants and units

Name	Unit	Reactortype	Status	Net capacity in MW	Gross capacity in MW	Contract year	Construct- ion started	Project close
Allens Creek Allens Creek Nuclear Power Plant The Allens Creek Nuclear Power Plant was a proposed nuclear power plant to be located at Wallis, Texas, less than 50 miles from the western edge of Houston...	1	Boiling water reactor	Canceled Plan	1,160	1,207	1973	-	01.09.1982
Allens Creek Allens Creek Nuclear Power Plant The Allens Creek Nuclear Power Plant was a proposed nuclear power plant to be located at Wallis, Texas, less than 50 miles from the western edge of Houston...	2	Boiling water reactor	Canceled Plan	1,160	1,207	1973	-	01.09.1976
Atlantic Atlantic Nuclear Power Plant The Atlantic Nuclear Power Plant was a proposed floating nuclear power plant located off the coast of New Jersey. It was proposed in the 1970s by the Public Service Electric and Gas Company. Two Westinghouse 1,150 megawatt reactors were ordered in 1972, and another two Westinghouse 1,150 MW...	1	Pressurized water reactor	Canceled Plan	1,150	1,212	1972	-	01.12.1978
Atlantic Atlantic Nuclear Power Plant The Atlantic Nuclear Power Plant was a proposed floating nuclear power plant located off the coast of New Jersey. It was proposed in the 1970s by the Public Service Electric and Gas Company. Two Westinghouse 1,150 megawatt reactors were ordered in 1972, and another two Westinghouse 1,150 MW...	2	Pressurized water reactor	Canceled Plan	1,150	1,212	1972	-	01.12.1978
Bailly Bailly Nuclear Power Plant The Bailly Nuclear Power Plant was proposed by the Northern Indiana Public Service Company in 1967. It was to be a 644 MW plant located at the corporation's Bailly site near the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, but it was never built....	1	Boiling Water Reactor Boiling water reactor The boiling water reactor is a type of light water nuclear reactor used for the generation of electrical power. It is the second most common type of electricity-generating nuclear reactor after the pressurized water reactor , also a type of light water nuclear reactor...	Canceled Plan	660	686	1967	01.01.1974	01.08.1981
Barton	1	Boiling water reactor	Canceled Plan	1,209	1,254	1972	-	01.11.1977
Barton	2	Boiling water reactor	Canceled Plan	1,209	1,254	1972	-	01.11.1977
Barton	3	Boiling water reactor	Canceled Plan	1,209	1,254	1974	-	01.11.1975
Barton	4	Boiling water reactor	Canceled Plan	1,209	1,254	1974	-	01.11.1975
Bellefonte	1	Pressurized water reactor	Canceled Construction	1,235	1,263	1970	01.09.1974	01.01.1988
Bellefonte	2	Pressurized water reactor	Canceled Construction	1,235	1,263	1970	01.09.1974	01.01.1988
Black Fox	1	Boiling water reactor	Canceled Construction	1,150	1,226	1973	01.07.1978	01.02.1982
Black Fox	2	Boiling water reactor	Canceled Construction	1,150	1,226	1973	01.07.1978	01.02.1982
Blue Hills Blue Hills Nuclear Power Plant The Blue Hills Nuclear Power Plant was proposed in the 1970s by the Gulf States Utilities Company. One 918 MWe pressurized water reactor was ordered in 1973, and a similar 918 MWe reactor was ordered in 1974. The two unit power plant proposal was canceled in 1978...	1	Pressurized water reactor	Canceled Plan	930	957	1973	-	01.08.1978
Blue Hills Blue Hills Nuclear Power Plant The Blue Hills Nuclear Power Plant was proposed in the 1970s by the Gulf States Utilities Company. One 918 MWe pressurized water reactor was ordered in 1973, and a similar 918 MWe reactor was ordered in 1974. The two unit power plant proposal was canceled in 1978...	2	Pressurized water reactor	Cancelled Plan	930	957	1974	-	01.08.1978
Bodega Bay Bodega Bay Nuclear Power Plant The Bodega Bay Nuclear Power Plant was proposed but never built.Pacific Gas & Electric planned to build the first commercially viable nuclear power plant in the USA at Bodega Bay, California, a fishing village fifty miles north of San Francisco...
Callaway	2	Pressurized water reactor	Canceled Construction	1,120	1,176	1973	01.10.1975	01.10.1981
Cherokee Cherokee Nuclear Power Plant The Cherokee Nuclear Power Plant is an uncompleted energy project outside of Gaffney, South Carolina, United States. In the early 1970s, Duke Power started construction on a three-reactor nuclear power plant at the site. However, the project stalled due to economic problems by the early 1980s,...	1	Pressurized water reactor	Canceled Construction	1,280	1,343	1973	01.06.1976	01.04.1983
Cherokee Cherokee Nuclear Power Plant The Cherokee Nuclear Power Plant is an uncompleted energy project outside of Gaffney, South Carolina, United States. In the early 1970s, Duke Power started construction on a three-reactor nuclear power plant at the site. However, the project stalled due to economic problems by the early 1980s,...	2	Pressurized water reactor	Canceled Construction	1,280	1,343	1973	01.06.1976	01.11.1982
Cherokee Cherokee Nuclear Power Plant The Cherokee Nuclear Power Plant is an uncompleted energy project outside of Gaffney, South Carolina, United States. In the early 1970s, Duke Power started construction on a three-reactor nuclear power plant at the site. However, the project stalled due to economic problems by the early 1980s,...	3	Pressurized water reactor	Canceled Construction	1,280	1,343	1973	01.06.1976	01.11.1982
Clinch River	-	Fast breeder	Canceled Plan	350	380	1973	-	01.11.1983
Clinton	2	Boiling water reactor	Canceled Construction	933	985	1973	01.10.1975	01.10.1983
Davis Besse	2	Pressurized water reactor	Canceled Plan	910	960	1973	-	01.01.1980
Davis Besse	3	Pressurized water reactor	Canceled Plan	910	960	1973	-	01.01.1980
Douglas Point (US)	1	Boiling water reactor	Canceled Plan	1,178	1,206	1972	-	01.05.1980
Douglas Point (US)	2	Boiling water reactor	Canceled Plan	1,178	1,206	1972	-	01.01.1978
Erie Erie Nuclear Power Plant The Erie Nuclear Power Plant was proposed in 1976 by Ohio Edison Company. The plant was to consist of two Babcock & Wilcox 1,267 MW reactors, but the power plant proposal was canceled in 1980.-See also:*List of books about nuclear issues...	1	Pressurized water reactor	Canceled Plan	1,260	1,300	1976	-	01.01.1980
Erie Erie Nuclear Power Plant The Erie Nuclear Power Plant was proposed in 1976 by Ohio Edison Company. The plant was to consist of two Babcock & Wilcox 1,267 MW reactors, but the power plant proposal was canceled in 1980.-See also:*List of books about nuclear issues...	2	Pressurized water reactor	Canceled Plan	1,260	1,300	1976	-	01.01.1980
Floating Offshore Power Systems Offshore Power Systems was a 1970 joint venture between Westinghouse Electric Company, which constructed nuclear generating plants, and Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock, which had recently merged with Tenneco, to create floating nuclear power plants at Jacksonville, Florida.-History:The MH-1A...	1	Pressurized water reactor	Canceled Plan	1,150	1,211	-	-	01.01.1979
Fort Calhoun Fort Calhoun Nuclear Generating Station The Fort Calhoun Nuclear Generating Station is a nuclear power plant located on between Fort Calhoun, and Blair, Nebraska adjacent to the Missouri River between mile markers 645.6 and 646.0. The utility has an easement for another which is maintained in a natural state...	2	Pressurized water reactor	Canceled Plan	1,136	1,182	1972	-	01.02.1977
Fulton	1	HTGR	Canceled Plan	1,160	1,200	-	-	01.03.1976
Fulton	2	HTGR	Canceled Plan	1,160	1,200	-	-	01.03.1976
Greene County Greene County Nuclear Power Plant The Greene County Nuclear Power Plant was proposed in 1974 by the Power Authority of the State of New York. A single 1,212 MWe Babcock & Wilcox pressurized water reactor was to be built approximately 5 miles south of Catskill, New York on the western shore of the Hudson River, but the plant...	-	Pressurized water reactor	Canceled Plan	1,191	1,277	-	-	01.04.1979
Greenwood	2	Pressurized water reactor	Canceled Plan	1,208	1,268	-	-	01.03.1980
Greenwood	3	Pressurized water reactor	Canceled Plan	1,208	1,268	-	-	01.03.1980
Columbia (WPPSS-1) WNP-1 and WNP-4 WNP-1 and WNP-4 were, along with the Columbia Generating Station and WNP-3 and WNP-5, two of the five nuclear power plants on which construction was started by Energy Northwest in the 1970s. In the end, WNP-1 was mothballed when 63% constructed, WNP-3, -4 and -5 abandoned, and only the Columbia...	1	Pressurized water reactor	Canceled Construction	1,259	1,339	1972	01.08.1975	01.01.1983
Columbia (WPPSS-4) WNP-1 and WNP-4 WNP-1 and WNP-4 were, along with the Columbia Generating Station and WNP-3 and WNP-5, two of the five nuclear power plants on which construction was started by Energy Northwest in the 1970s. In the end, WNP-1 was mothballed when 63% constructed, WNP-3, -4 and -5 abandoned, and only the Columbia...	4	Pressurized water reactor	Canceled Construction	1,250	1,340	1974	01.08.1975	01.01.1982
Hartsville Hartsville Nuclear Plant The Hartsville Nuclear Plant is a canceled nuclear power plant project located near Hartsville, Tennessee. To be built and operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, it was to have four General Electric boiling water reactors....	A1	Boiling water reactor	Canceled Construction	1,233	1,269	1972	01.04.1976	01.08.1984
Hartsville Hartsville Nuclear Plant The Hartsville Nuclear Plant is a canceled nuclear power plant project located near Hartsville, Tennessee. To be built and operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, it was to have four General Electric boiling water reactors....	A2	Boiling water reactor	Canceled Construction	1,233	1,269	1972	01.04.1976	01.08.1984
Hartsville Hartsville Nuclear Plant The Hartsville Nuclear Plant is a canceled nuclear power plant project located near Hartsville, Tennessee. To be built and operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, it was to have four General Electric boiling water reactors....	B1	Boiling water reactor	Canceled Construction	1,233	1,269	-	01.04.1976	01.08.1982
Hartsville Hartsville Nuclear Plant The Hartsville Nuclear Plant is a canceled nuclear power plant project located near Hartsville, Tennessee. To be built and operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, it was to have four General Electric boiling water reactors....	B2	Boiling water reactor	Canceled Construction	1,233	1,269	-	01.04.1976	01.08.1982
Haven Haven Nuclear Power Plant The Haven Nuclear Power Plant was proposed nuclear power plant in Haven, Wisconsin at the site of closed military camp called Camp Haven. The power plant was proposed in the 1970s by the Wisconsin Electric Power Company, but was never built. Unit one, of 900 MW capacity was proposed in 1973 and...	1	Pressurized water reactor	Canceled Plan	900	960	-	-	01.02.1980
Haven Haven Nuclear Power Plant The Haven Nuclear Power Plant was proposed nuclear power plant in Haven, Wisconsin at the site of closed military camp called Camp Haven. The power plant was proposed in the 1970s by the Wisconsin Electric Power Company, but was never built. Unit one, of 900 MW capacity was proposed in 1973 and...	2	Pressurized water reactor	Canceled Plan	900	960	-	-	01.05.1978
Hope Creek	2	Boiling water reactor	Canceled Construction	1,067	1,118	1969	01.03.1976	01.12.1981
Jamesport	1	Pressurized water reactor	Canceled Plan	1,150	1,182	-	-	01.01.1980
Jamesport	2	Pressurized water reactor	Canceled Plan	1,150	1,182	-	-	01.01.1980
Marble Hill Marble Hill Nuclear Power Plant Marble Hill Nuclear Power Station is a nuclear power plant in Saluda Township, Jefferson County, near Hanover, Indiana, USA...	1	Pressurized water reactor	Canceled Construction	1,030	1,090	-	01.07.1977	01.01.1984
Marble Hill Marble Hill Nuclear Power Plant Marble Hill Nuclear Power Station is a nuclear power plant in Saluda Township, Jefferson County, near Hanover, Indiana, USA...	2	Pressurized water reactor	Canceled Construction	1,130	1,190	-	01.07.1977	01.01.1984
Midland	1	Pressurized water reactor	Canceled Construction	491	526	1968	01.03.1973	01.07.1986
Midland	2	Pressurized water reactor	Canceled Construction	816	855	1968	01.03.1973	01.07.1986
Montague Montague Nuclear Power Plant The Montague Nuclear Power Plant was to consist of two 1,150-megawatt nuclear reactors to be located in Montague, Massachusetts. The project was proposed in 1973 and canceled in 1980, after $29 million was spent on the project....	1	Boiling water reactor	Canceled Plant	1,150	1,298	-	-	01.12.1980
Montague Montague Nuclear Power Plant The Montague Nuclear Power Plant was to consist of two 1,150-megawatt nuclear reactors to be located in Montague, Massachusetts. The project was proposed in 1973 and canceled in 1980, after $29 million was spent on the project....	2	Boiling water reactor	Canceled Plan	1,150	1,298	-	-	01.12.1980
Nep	1	Pressurized water reactor	Canceled Plan	1,150	1,194	-	-	01.01.1980
Nep	2	Pressurized water reactor	Canceled Plan	1,150	1,194	-	-	01.01.1980
North Coast (formerly Aguirre)	1	Pressurized water reactor	Canceled Plan	583	614	-	-	01.12.1978
North Anna	3	Pressurized water reactor	Canceled Construction	907	950	1971	01.06.1971	01.11.1982
North Anna	4	Pressurized water reactor	Canceled Construction	907	950	1971	01.12.1971	01.11.1980
Pebble Springs	1	Pressurized water reactor	Canceled Plan	1,260	1,314	-	-	01.09.1982
Pebble Springs	2	Pressurized water reactor	Canceled plan	1,260	1,314	-	-	01.09.1982
Perkins	1	Pressurized water reactor	Canceled Plan	1,287	1,345	-	-	01.02.1982
Perkins	2	Pressurized water reactor	Canceled Plan	1,287	1,345	-	-	01.02.1982
Perkins	3	Pressurized water reactor	Canceled Plan	1,287	1,345	-	-	01.02.1982
Perry	2	Boiling water reactor	Canceled Construction	1,205	-	-	01.10.1974	01.04.1984
Phipps Bend	1	Boiling water reactor	Canceled Construction	1,233	1,269	-	01.10.1977	01.08.1982
Phipps Bend	2	Boiling water reactor	Canceled Construction	1,233	1,269	-	01.10.1977	01.08.1982
Pilgrim	2	Pressurized water reactor	Canceled Plan	1,180	1,240	-	-	01.09.1981
River Bend	2	Pressurized water reactor	Canceled Construction	934	991	1972	01.08.1975	01.01.1984
Satsop (WPPSS-3)	3	Pressurized water reactor	Canceled Construction	1,240	1,324	1973	01.04.1977	01.01.1983
Satsop (WPPSS-5)	5	Pressurized water reactor	Canceled Construction	1,240	1,316	1974	01.04.1977	01.01.1982
Seabrook	2	Pressurized water reactor	Cancelled Construction	1,149	1,199	1972	01.07.1976	01.01.1988
Sears Isle Sears Isle Nuclear Power Plant Sears Isle Nuclear Power Plant was a nuclear power plant proposed by Central Maine Power in 1974 as a single 1,150 MW nuclear reactor built by Westinghouse. It was to be built on Sears Island in Maine, but the project was canceled in 1977....
Shearon Harris Shearon Harris nuclear power plant The Shearon Harris Nuclear Generating Station is a nuclear power plant with a single Westinghouse designed pressurized-water nuclear reactor operated by Progress Energy. It was named in honor of W. Shearon Harris, former president of Carolina Power & Light...	2	Pressurized water reactor	Canceled Construction	900	960	1971	01.01.1978	01.12.1983
Shearon Harris Shearon Harris nuclear power plant The Shearon Harris Nuclear Generating Station is a nuclear power plant with a single Westinghouse designed pressurized-water nuclear reactor operated by Progress Energy. It was named in honor of W. Shearon Harris, former president of Carolina Power & Light...	3	Pressurized water reactor	Canceled Construction	900	960	1971	01.01.1978	01.12.1983
Shearon Harris Shearon Harris nuclear power plant The Shearon Harris Nuclear Generating Station is a nuclear power plant with a single Westinghouse designed pressurized-water nuclear reactor operated by Progress Energy. It was named in honor of W. Shearon Harris, former president of Carolina Power & Light...	4	Pressurized water reactor	Canceled Construction	900	960	1971	01.01.1978	01.12.1983
Skagit	1	Boiling water reactor	Canceled Plan	1,275	1,335	-	-	01.08.1983
Skagit	2	Boiling water reactor	Cancelled Plan	1,275	1,335	-	-	01.08.1983
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Somerset 2
South River 1 South River Nuclear Power Plant South River Nuclear Power Plant was proposed by Carolina Power & Light in 1973 as three Babcock and Wilcox 1,150 MW units, but the project was canceled in 1978.The late 1960s and early 1970s saw a rapid growth in the development of nuclear power in the USA...
South River 2 South River Nuclear Power Plant South River Nuclear Power Plant was proposed by Carolina Power & Light in 1973 as three Babcock and Wilcox 1,150 MW units, but the project was canceled in 1978.The late 1960s and early 1970s saw a rapid growth in the development of nuclear power in the USA...
South River 3 South River Nuclear Power Plant South River Nuclear Power Plant was proposed by Carolina Power & Light in 1973 as three Babcock and Wilcox 1,150 MW units, but the project was canceled in 1978.The late 1960s and early 1970s saw a rapid growth in the development of nuclear power in the USA...
Stanislaus 1 Stanislaus Nuclear Power Plant Stanislaus Nuclear Power Plant was proposed by Pacific Gas & Electric in 1971 as two GE 1,200 MW units, but the project was canceled in 1979.A total of 63 nuclear units were canceled in the USA between 1975 and 1980.-See also:*Bodega Bay Nuclear Power Plant...
Stanislaus 2 Stanislaus Nuclear Power Plant Stanislaus Nuclear Power Plant was proposed by Pacific Gas & Electric in 1971 as two GE 1,200 MW units, but the project was canceled in 1979.A total of 63 nuclear units were canceled in the USA between 1975 and 1980.-See also:*Bodega Bay Nuclear Power Plant...
Sterling	1	Pressurized water reactor	Canceled Plan	1,150	1,185	-	-	01.01.1980
Sundesert 1 Sundesert Nuclear Power Plant The Sundesert Nuclear Power Plant was proposed in the 1970s but never built. In 1977 the San Diego Gas & Electric Company submitted an application to the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission to construct two 974 MWe Westinghouse pressurized water reactors approximately 15 miles southwest of...
Sundesert 2 Sundesert Nuclear Power Plant The Sundesert Nuclear Power Plant was proposed in the 1970s but never built. In 1977 the San Diego Gas & Electric Company submitted an application to the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission to construct two 974 MWe Westinghouse pressurized water reactors approximately 15 miles southwest of...
Surry Surry Nuclear Power Plant Surry Power Station is a nuclear power plant located in Surry County in southeastern Virginia. The power station lies on an 840-acre site adjacent to the James River across from Jamestown, slightly upriver from Smithfield and Newport News...	3	Pressurized water reactor	Canceled Construction	859	919	1972	01.01.1974	01.03.1977
Surry Surry Nuclear Power Plant Surry Power Station is a nuclear power plant located in Surry County in southeastern Virginia. The power station lies on an 840-acre site adjacent to the James River across from Jamestown, slightly upriver from Smithfield and Newport News...	4	Pressurized water reactor	Canceled Construction	859	919	1972	01.01.1974	01.03.1977
Tyrone	1	Pressurized water reactor	Canceled Plan	1,150	1,188	-	-	01.07.1979
Yellow Creek Yellow Creek Nuclear Power Plant The Yellow Creek Nuclear Power Plant is a canceled nuclear power plant project near Iuka, Mississippi. It was originally planned to have two 1,285 MWe boiling water reactors built by General Electric and operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority ....	1	Pressurized water reactor	Canceled Construction	1,285	1,339	1974	01.02.1978	01.02.1978
Yellow Creek Yellow Creek Nuclear Power Plant The Yellow Creek Nuclear Power Plant is a canceled nuclear power plant project near Iuka, Mississippi. It was originally planned to have two 1,285 MWe boiling water reactors built by General Electric and operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority ....	2	Pressurized water reactor	Canceled Construction	1,285	1,339	1974	01.02.1978	01.02.1978
Zimmer	1	Boiling water reactor	Canceled Construction	810	840	-	01.10.1972	01.01.1984

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• Canceled Nuclear Units Ordered in the United States