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480:Davis–Besse
340:Susquehanna
295:FitzPatrick
277:(Northeast)
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1161:Categories
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1131:39°34′21″N
1023:Summer-2/3
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1008:Sears Isle
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149:References
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555:Columbia
550:Callaway
545:Arkansas
410:Sequoyah
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310:Limerick
196:Archived
165:Archived
89:See also
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1041:1 and 4
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729:Fermi 1
621:Midland
495:LaSalle
485:Dresden
470:Clinton
390:McGuire
370:Catawba
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893:Bailly
839:Trojan
814:Saxton
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640:Closed
631:Zimmer
565:Cooper
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380:Harris
375:Farley
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859:Zion
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