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Aging, Expensive NY Nuclear Plants a Bargain, Report Finds

Brattle Calculates Four Reactors Would Yield $50B in Savings if Operated to 2050

Constellation Energy's Nine Mile Point Clean Energy Center contains the oldest and youngest commercial nuclear reactors operating in New York state.Constellation Energy's Nine Mile Point Clean Energy Center contains the oldest and youngest commercial nuclear reactors operating in New York state.

Constellation Energy’s Nine Mile Point Clean Energy Center contains the oldest and youngest commercial nuclear reactors operating in New York state. | Constellation Energy

Sep 7, 2025
| John Cropley

A new report estimates keeping New York’s aging commercial nuclear reactors running through 2050 would result in $50 billion in energy savings.