1 If your plan document says you use a W-2 or FICA definition of compensation, that does not mean you can automatically use a participantâs W-2 box 1 or box 5 wages for compensation. 2  Usually these definitions require you to add or subtract additional items.
General U.S. Nuclear Info. U.S. electricity from nuclear energy in 2016: 19.7 percent, with 805.3 billion kilowatt-hours generated. Number of states with operating reactors: 30. Nuclear plants made up the largest percentage of the electricity generated in 2016 in six states. Nuclear industry capacity factor (2016): 92.1 percent.
In a nuclear-fueled power plant â much like a fossil-fueled power plant â water is turned into steam, which in turn drives turbine generators to produce electricity. The difference is the source of heat.At nuclear power plants, the heat to make the steam is created when uranium atoms split â called fission.There is no combustion in a nuclear reactor. Hereâs how the process works. There are two types of nuclear reactors in the United States:t nuclear power plants, the heat to make the steam is created when uranium atoms split â called fission. There is no combustion in a nuclear reactor.