Status of Used Nuclear Fuel Storage at U.S. Commercial Nuclear Plants This list details the year in which commercial nuclear plants in the United States run out of on-site storage space in the pools that hold used fuel assemblies after they are removed from the reactor. pwr = pressurized water reactor B = boiling water reactor Plant Year State Type * Surry 1 1987 VA pwr * Surry 2 1987 VA pwr * Robinson 2 1987 SC B * Oconee 1 1990 SC pwr * Oconee 2 1990 SC pwr * Oconee 3 1990 SC pwr * Palisades 1992 MI pwr * Calvert Cliffs 1 1994 MD pwr * Calvert Cliffs 2 1994 MD pwr * Prairie Island 1 1994 MN pwr * Prairie Island 2 1994 MN pwr * Davis-Besse 1 1995 OH pwr * Point Beach 1 1995 WI pwr * Point Beach 2 1995 WI pwr * Arkansas Nuclear One 1 1996 AR pwr * Arkansas Nuclear One 2 1996 AR pwr * Oyster Creek 1997 NJ B Brunswick 1 (Shipping to Harris) 1998 NC B Brunswick 2 1998 NC B * Edwin I Hatch 1 1998 GA B Edwin I Hatch 2 1998 GA B ** James A. FitzPatrick 1998 NY B * North Anna 1 1998 VA pwr * North Anna 2 1998 VA pwr * Susquehanna 1 1998 PA B * Susquehanna 2 1998 PA B Comanche Peak 1 1999 TX pwr Comanche Peak 2 1999 TX pwr Nine Mile Point 1 1999 NY B * Peach Bottom 2 2000 PA B * Peach Bottom 3 2000 PA B ** WPPSS 2 2000 WA B William McGuire 2 2000 NC pwr Kewaunee 2001 WI pwr Millstone 3 2001 CT pwr ** Vermont Yankee 2001 VT B Fermi 2 2002 MI B ** William McGuire 1 2002 NC pwr Nine Mile Point 2 2002 NY B Millstone 2 2002 CT pwr St. Lucie 2 2002 FL pwr ** Palo Verde 2 2002 AZ pwr ** Dresden 2 2003 IL B ** Dresden 3 2003 IL B Grand Gulf 1 2003 MS B Callaway 2004 MO pwr Clinton 1 2004 IL B Quad Cities 1 2004 IL B Quad Cities 2 2004 IL B San Onofre 3 2004 CA pwr Sequoyah 1 2004 TN pwr Sequoyah 2 2004 TN pwr Cooper 2004 NE B Indian Point 2 2005 NY pwr Shearon Harris 1 2005 NC pwr ** Palo Verde 1 2005 AZ pwr ** Palo Verde 3 2005 AZ pwr Alvin W. Vogtle 1 2006 GA pwr Alvin W. Vogtle 2 2006 GA pwr Duane Arnold 2006 IA B Limerick 1 2006 PA B Limerick 2 2006 PA B San Onofre 2 2006 CA pwr Diablo Canyon 1 2007 CA pwr River Bend 1 2007 LA B St. Lucie 1 2007 FL pwr Wolf Creek 2007 KS pwr Browns Ferry 1 2008 TN B Browns Ferry 2 2008 TN B Diablo Canyon 2 2008 CA pwr Hope Creek 1 2008 NJ B Joseph M. Farley 1 2008 AL pwr Browns Ferry 3 2009 TN B Catawba 1 2010 SC pwr Fort Calhoun 1 2010 NE pwr LaSalle 1 2010 IL B LaSalle 2 2010 IL B Monticello 2010 MN B Summer 1 2010 SC pwr Byron 1 2011 IL pwr Byron 2 2011 IL pwr Catawba 2 2011 SC pwr D.C. Cook 1 2011 MI pwr D.C. Cook 2 2011 MI pwr Indian Point 3 2011 NY pwr Perry 1 2011 OH B Beaver Valley 2 2012 PA pwr Joseph M. Farley 2 2012 AL pwr Turkey Point 3 2012 FL pwr Turkey Point 4 2012 FL pwr Braidwood 1 2013 IL pwr Braidwood 2 2013 IL pwr Salem 1 2013 NJ pwr Crystal River 3 2014 FL pwr Seabrook 2014 NH pwr Waterford 3 2016 LA pwr Salem 2 2017 NJ pwr Watts Bar 1 2026 TN pwr South Texas Project 1 2027 TX pwr Beaver Valley 1 End of Life PA pwr Pilgrim 1 End of Life MA B Robert E. Ginna End of Life NY pwr South Texas Project 2 End of Life TX pwr Three Mile Island 1 End of Life PA pwr * Dresden 1 Shutdown Reactor IL B Zion 1 Shutdown Reactor IL pwr Zion 2 Shutdown Reactor IL pwr Indian Point 1 Shutdown Reactor NY pwr Big Rock Point Shutdown Reactor MI B LaCrosse Shutdown Reactor WI B Maine Yankee Shutdown Reactor ME pwr Haddam Neck Shutdown Reactor CT pwr Millstone 1 Shutdown Reactor CT B Humboldt Bay Shutdown Reactor CA B ** Trojan Shutdown Reactor OR pwr * Fort St. Vrain Shutdown Reactor CO -- ** Rancho Seco Shutdown Reactor CA pwr San Onofre 1 Shutdown Reactor CA pwr ** Yankee Shutdown Reactor MA pwr * Facilities with dry cask storage as of July, 2000. ** Facilities with dry cask storage under construction or planning/licensing.