Nuclear power accounts for approximately 20 percent of our nation’s electrical generation, provided by 100 commercial nuclear reactors licensed to operate at 62 nuclear power plants.

The sector includes:

• Nuclear power plants

• Non-power nuclear reactors used for research, testing, and training

• Manufacturers of nuclear reactors or components

• Radioactive materials used primarily in medical, industrial, and academic settings

• Nuclear fuel cycle facilities

• Decommissioned nuclear power reactors

• Transportation, storage, and disposal of nuclear and radioactive waste

The sector is interdependent with other critical infrastructure sectors:

• Chemical Sector, as a consumer of chemicals through the nuclear fuel cycle and at reactor sites

• Energy Sector, as a supplier of electricity to our nation's electrical grid

• Healthcare and Public Health Sector, as a supplier of nuclear medicine, radiopharmaceuticals, and in the sterilization of blood and surgical supplies

• Transportation Systems Sector, through the movement of radioactive materials.