From: Nuclear Power as a Basis for Future Electricity Generation Date of download: 11/12/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Nuclear Power as a Basis for Future Electricity Generation ASME J of Nuclear Rad Sci. 2015;1(1):011001-011001-19. doi:10.1115/1.4029420 Figure Legend: Map of wind-speed distribution over the U.S. (Printed with permission of the U.S. Department of Energy) (shown here just for reference purposes and as an example). Figure shows that winds with average speed of 6  m/s and above (brown, red, and purple colors) have been uncovered only over the central part of the U.S. from north to south. However, average wind speed along the U.S. shores of Great Lakes, Atlantic and Pacific oceans, and Gulf of Mexico is usually higher than 6  m/s at the height of 90 m from the sea level