Boiling Nuclear Superheater (BONUS) nuclear power plant — Puerto Rico
Retired nuclear power-station site in Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico. Approximate location 18.3652, -67.2687.
NuclearPuerto RicoPuerto RicoSuperheaterboiling water reactorRetired
Boiling Nuclear Superheater (BONUS) nuclear power plant is a retired nuclear power station in Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico. Its current lifecycle status is “Retired” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. It ranks #10 of 10 Puerto Rico power plants by installed capacity. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation.
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GEM_nuc_boilingsuperheaterbo_puert.
Data status
Known data
Calculated from dataset
Not available
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
Data provenance
Source of the capacity and fuel values:
capacity: GEM Global Nuclear Power Tracker September 2025 unit-status sum (retired); fuel: GEM GNPT
In context: how this plant compares
Technically it is described as boiling water reactor. Its lifecycle status is Retired; it no longer generates electricity. Nuclear plants split uranium to raise steam with no direct CO₂; they run as steady baseload with very high capacity factors and the longest operating lifetimes of any thermal plant.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
How it compares & nearby plants
The #2 largest nuclear power plant of 2 in Puerto Rico by capacity.
Puerto Rico has 2 nuclear power plants in this dataset, together about 601 MW of capacity.
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Location
Coordinates 18.3652, -67.2687 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is Boiling Nuclear Superheater (BONUS) nuclear power plant?
Boiling Nuclear Superheater (BONUS) nuclear power plant was a nuclear-fired power station in Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico and was retired.