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World Nuclear Power Reactors 1951–2023
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Japan
Abandoned Constructions
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Under Construction
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Operating
12
Long-Term Outage
21
Closed
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Number of Reactors
(as of December 2023)
37.9
Mean Age of Reactor Fleet
(as of December 2023)
6.1%
Decrease
Nuclear Share in Electricity Production
(2022)
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WNISR
in the Media –
30 June 2023 [de]
Tages-Anzeiger (Switzerland)
Japans umstrittene Kernenergie—Dieses Fischerdorf will kein Endlager
„Suttsu ist ein verschlafenes, überaltertes Fischerdorf im Norden Japans. Doch Pläne für ein Atomendlager wecken den Widerstand. Es fliegen gar Molotowcocktails.“ am 10. Juni 2023 • von Jürg Sohm Für den Fischhändler Toshihiko Yoshino begann der Streit um den Atommüll an einem Morgen im August 2020. Es war die Zeit des buddhistischen O-Bon-Festes, Ferienzeit in Japan. Der Fischmarkt auf der anderen Seite der Bucht im Zentrum von Suttsu hatte zu. Yoshino hatte deshalb etwas mehr Zeit (...)
WNISR
in the Media –
29 November 2022
The Diplomat (
US
)
Japan’s Changing Nuclear Energy Policy
“Under the government of Kishida Fumio, Japan has sharply changed its thinking on nuclear power.” By Tatsujiro
SUZUKI
• Published 14 November 2022 On August 24, 2022, at the newly established
GX
(Green Transformation) Implementation Council chaired by Prime Minister Kishida Fumio, the Japanese government announced a new nuclear energy policy. The framework for this new policy consists of three key points: maximize the use of existing nuclear power plants through an accelerated restart (...)
WNISR
Essential News –
15 February 2022
WNISR
– Nuclear Power 2021
Highest Number of Reactor Closures in a Decade
2021 in nuclear numbers—Six reactor startups, ten less than planned at the beginning of the year. Eight closures plus two closure announcements. Ten construction starts. Three reactors in Long-Term Outage (
LTO
) restarted, two closed. As of 1 January 2022, 412 reactors in operation, 25 in
LTO
, and 55 under construction. The Year 2021 saw the largest number of nuclear reactor closures in a decade, since 2011, when the Fukushima disaster began. Three of the six remaining units were (...)
WNISR
Essential News –
23 January 2022
WNISR
— National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies / Renewable Energy Institute
Virtual Event (
PPT
& Video):
WNISR2021
—New Findings and Implications for Japan
Video recording (1h and 45min), program, and slides of the Japan Launch of the World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2021 (
WNISR2021
) co-hosted by the Renewable Energy Institute and the Global Health Innovation Policy Program of the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, both in Tokyo, Japan, on 19 January 2022. The World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2021 (
WNISR2021
) has been elaborated by an international team of 13 interdisciplinary experts from seven countries.
WNISR2021
has (...)
WNISR
in the Media –
27 April 2021
Japan Times (Japan)
Tepco lapse a wake-up call for Japan’s nuclear security protocols, expert says
A series of security missteps at Tokyo Electric Power Co. Holdings Inc.’s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant should serve as a wake-up call for operators over the importance of addressing a potential terrorism threat immediately after any breach is confirmed, a top expert in the field has said. By Osamu Tsukimori Published 13 April 2021 A series of security missteps at Tokyo Electric Power Co. Holdings Inc.’s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant should serve as a wake-up call for operators (...)
WNISR
in the Media –
21 April 2021 [fr]
Le Soir (Belgium)
Mycle Schneider : «
La situation à la centrale de Fukushima n’est pas stabilisée
»
Dix ans après la catastrophe nucléaire, les autorités peinent toujours à maîtriser la situation. Pour le consultant international Mycle Schneider, l’atome est voué à disparaître comme source d’énergie. Entretien : Bernard Padoan Publié le 07 Mars 2021 Le 11 mars 2011, un puissant tremblement de terre au large de l’île de Honshu – la plus grande de l’archipel japonais –, d’une magnitude de 9,1 sur l’échelle de Richter, provoquait un tsunami qui a ravagé près de 600 kilomètres de côtes (...)
WNISR
in the Media –
6 April 2021 [fr]
Politis (France)
Nucléaire : Une filière mondiale sous perfusion
Le déclin du nucléaire dans le monde, amorcé avant Fukushima, s’est nettement accentué sous l’impact de la catastrophe, au point de menacer à terme la survie de cette technologie. Par Patrick Piro Publié le 3 Mars 2021 Tout est dit, ou presque, en un unique graphique. À son apogée, en 2002, le parc nucléaire mondial comptait 438 réacteurs en fonctionnement. En 2020, ce nombre est tombé à 412 (lire p. 20), relève le World Nuclear Industry Status Report (
WNISR
, État mondial annuel de (...)
WNISR
in the Media –
6 April 2021
Eco-Business (Singapore)
A decade on from Fukushima, it’s time for Southeast Asia to bury its nuclear dream
Other than to have mercy on soon-to-be-unemployed nuclear engineers, there is not a single reason why Southeast Asia shouldn’t leapfrog nuclear energy. Dangerous and expensive, the technology simply isn’t worth the hassle. By Tim Ha Published 12 March 2021 Every now and then, the debate resurfaces over whether nuclear power has a role to play in Southeast Asia’s energy transition. But as Japan marks a decade since the Fukushima disaster, the region needs to move on and see the (...)
WNISR
in the Media –
1 April 2021 [fr]
Les Échos (France)
La décennie où la Chine s’est imposée comme la locomotive de l’énergie nucléaire
SPECIAL
FUKUSHIMA
Alors que depuis la catastrophe de Fukushima de nombreux pays ont tourné le dos à l’énergie nucléaire, la Chine a persévéré. D’ici à 2030, elle doit devenir le premier producteur d’électricité nucléaire au monde. Par Sharon Wajsbrot Publié le 10 Mars 2021
SPECIAL
FUKUSHIMA
Alors que depuis la catastrophe de Fukushima de nombreux pays ont tourné le dos à l’énergie nucléaire, la Chine a persévéré. D’ici à 2030, elle doit devenir le premier producteur d’électricité (...)
WNISR
in the Media –
27 March 2021
Energy Monitor (U.K.)
Opinion: What is the future of nuclear power?
This is the question Energy Monitor has tried to answer over the past week, with a series of in-depth articles to mark the tenth anniversary of the Fukushima Daiichi disaster in Japan. Here is our conclusion. By Sonja van Renssen Published 22 March 2021 Over the past week, Energy Monitor has run a series of in-depth articles to mark the tenth anniversary of the Fukushima Daiichi disaster in Japan. The climate crisis has injected fresh impetus into the debate over the role of nuclear (...)
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