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United States
Abandoned Constructions
42
Under Construction
2
Operating
92
Closed
41
Number of Reactors
(as of October 2022)
41.8
Mean Age of Reactor Fleet
(as of October 2022)
19.6%
Stable
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WNISR
in the Media –
9 January 2023
Canary Media (United States)
“How did the
US
nuclear industry fare in 2022?”
“Nuclear plants big and small are getting support from the feds. Still, problems persist — TerraPower can’t source fuel, Oklo and NuScale are tangled in red tape, and more.” By Eric Wesoff • Published 28 December 2022 The
U.S.
nuclear power market continued to sputter in 2022 as it faced regulatory, technical and financial setbacks — despite solid support from the federal government. This mirrors the global nuclear scene; plant closings and construction delays have resulted in nuclear falling to (...)
WNISR
in the Media –
30 June 2022
NPR
(
USA
)
“Nuclear power is gaining support after years of decline. But old hurdles remain”
At the Nuclear Energy Assembly in Washington, D.C., this June, speaker Maria Korsnick urged the audience of hundreds to picture a world in which nuclear energy is triumphant. By Laura Benshoff Published 30 June 2022 “In this clean energy future, hundreds of reactors — from the existing models that we have today to advanced reactors both large and small — dot the landscape,” said Korsnick, who’s president and
CEO
of the Nuclear Energy Institute, a trade association. Such a future would have (...)
WNISR
Essential News –
21 May 2022
WNISR
Palisades Reactor in the
US
Closes Nine Years Early
On 20 May 2022,
US
utility Entergy permanently closed its Palisades nuclear reactor, almost nine years before its operating license runs out. The 50-year-old Pressurized Water Reactor (
PWR
) located in Southwest Michigan was connected to the grid on 31 December 1971. In 2007, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (
NRC
) granted a 20-year lifetime extension to 60 years and the unit had a license to operate until 24 March 2031. The 805-
MW
Combustian Engineering unit was closed 10 days earlier than (...)
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 closed in (...)
WNISR
in the Media –
27 January 2022
Forbes (U.S.)
Current Climate: Solar Roofs’ Mainstream Route, Electric Batteries’ Recycling Imperative, And A Chat About Nuclear Energy
Climate Talks: Sofia Lotto Persio interviews Mycle Schneider. Abstract of “Current Climate”, weekly sustainability news published by Forbes. by Sofia Lotto Persio Published 8 January 2022 Hello and welcome to the first Current Climate issue of 2022. [...] In Climate Talks, I spoke to Mycle Schneider, lead author of the annual World Nuclear Industry Status Report, about whether nuclear power is truly a sustainable energy source. [...] Climate Talks The International Atomic Energy Agency (...)
WNISR
in the Media –
23 November 2021 [fr]
Le Monde (France)
«
EDF
a sous-estimé la culture du secret du régime chinois
»
La fermeture de l’
EPR
de Taishan, conçu par l’entreprise française, a terni l’image de l’électricien qui «
n’a pu se faire respecter par ses cocontractants chinois
», décrypte la chercheuse. Par Isabelle Feng – Chercheuse Publié le 19 Novembre 2021 Tribune. Existe-t-il une troisième voie dans un monde dominé par le conflit entre les Etats-Unis et la Chine
? La question se pose autant à l’Union européenne qu’aux multinationales européennes implantées en Chine depuis des décennies, comme
EDF
. Si la crise (...)
WNISR
in the Media –
23 November 2021
POWER
“Can Nuclear Power Stay Relevant in a World Filled with Renewables?”
“I have long been a supporter of nuclear power. I’ll admit I’m biased, having spent 13 years in the
U.S.
Navy’s nuclear power program and having worked for several more years in the commercial nuclear industry at the Quad Cities station. Even so, when I step back and look critically at nuclear technology, I find it to be a sound form of power generation.” by Aaron Larson – Executive Editor,
POWER
Published 1 November 2021 I’m obviously not the only person who believes in it. Several advocacy (...)
WNISR
in the Media –
12 October 2021
statista (
EU
)
The Countries With the Most Nuclear Reactors
by Katharina Buchholz Published 29 September 2021 According to the 2021 World Nuclear Industry Status Report, global nuclear power generation dropped 3.9 percent in 2020 despite a 4.4 percent climb in China, where two new reactors were added. In 2021, 415 reactors were operational around the world - 22 fewer than in 2011. Another 26 are currently in long-term storage and 53 are under construction - around half in China and India. The rapid expansion of renewables and negative public (...)
WNISR
in the Media –
4 October 2021 [fr]
Le Figaro (France)
Nucléaire : la Chine devance la France
La production d’électricité d’origine nucléaire a augmenté de 4,4% au sein de la deuxième puissance économique mondiale tandis qu’en France elle reculait de 12%. par Armelle Bohineust Publié le 28 Septembre 2021 La production d’électricité d’origine nucléaire a augmenté de 4,4% au sein de la deuxième puissance économique mondiale tandis qu’en France elle reculait de 12%. La course effrénée de la Chine vers toujours plus de capacités énergétiques lui fait franchir un nouveau cap. L’an dernier, elle est (...)
WNISR
in the Media –
15 June 2021
Wall Street Journal (
USA
)
Vogtle Nuclear Plant in Georgia Faces More Construction Delays
Southern Co. project is only one of its type in U.S., and could cost $2 billion more than expected By Russell Gold Published 8 June 2021 Appeared in the June 9, 2021 print edition of the Wall Street Journal, as “Holdups, Costs Plague Sole
U.S.
Nuclear Plant Being Built.”. The only nuclear-power plant under construction in the
U.S.
is facing delays and additional costs. Again. Earlier this week, an engineering expert working for the Georgia Public Service Commission testified that the (...)
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