Seabrook

Nuclear power plant in New Hampshire, United States of America. Approximate location 42.8992, -70.8489.

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Seabrook is a 1,242 MW nuclear power station in New Hampshire, United States of America. It is operated by NextEra Energy Seabrook LLC. Based on reported annual generation of 10,907 GWh, it can supply roughly 3,116,257 homes. It ranks #218 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1990, it is around 36 years old — long-established. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, nuclear supplies about 17.4% of United States of America's electricity; the national grid averages 384 gCO₂/kWh (43.0% low-carbon) (2025).

1,242MW installed capacity
10,907GWh reported / yr
3,116,257homes powered
1990commissioned (~36 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0006115.

Reported generation trend

2013: 10,927 GWh20132014: 10,168 GWh20142015: 9,484 GWh20152016: 10,761 GWh20162017: 9,991 GWh20172018: 10,062 GWh20182019: 10,907 GWh201911k GWh

Annual generation (GWh), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by NextEra Energy Seabrook LLC.

Local climate & thermal context

This nuclear plant uses heat from nuclear fission to raise steam for a turbine-generator. It sits in a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 42.9°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

8.9°Cannual mean temp
3,504heating degree-days (base 18°C)
194cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
16 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: -4 °CJF: -3 °CFM: 2 °CMA: 7 °CAM: 13 °CMJ: 18 °CJJ: 21 °CJA: 21 °CAS: 16 °CSO: 10 °CON: 5 °CND: -1 °CD21 °C

Heating degree-days here run 43% above the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.

Climate heat-demand index: 76/100 — this site sits in the top third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

In colder climates, uninsulated hot equipment (boilers, turbines, valves, steam lines) loses proportionally more heat to ambient air — exactly the loss Inzonex modular insulation is designed to cut.

Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #41 largest nuclear power plant of 58 in United States of America by capacity.

United States of America has 58 nuclear power plants in this dataset, together about 104,233 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 42.8992, -70.8489 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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