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26 January 2023 WNISR – Nuclear Power 2022 Did We Pass “Peak Nuclear” Years Ago? IAEA Revises Statistics During 2022, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) unexpectedly withdrew 17 nuclear power reactors from its statistics of operating reactors, created a new status category called “Suspended Operation”, and retroactively modified its data series accordingly. As of 1 January 2023, WNISR considers 411 reactors in operation whereas the IAEA-PRIS website counts 422, a difference of 11 units, the smallest difference between the two data-series in a decade. According to the updated data, the (...)
23 January 2023 [fr] Évènements à Paris & en ligne Lancement en France du WNISR2022 avec actualisation fin 2022 Présentation média : 10h00–12h00 En coopération avec la Fondation Heinrich Böll Paris, l’équipe du WNISR a le plaisir de vous convier à la présentation aux médias de l’édition 2022 du World Nuclear Industry Status Report (World Nuclear Industry Status Report), rapport annuel de référence sur le nucléaire dans le monde. La présentation sera aussi l’occasion de rendre publique les premiers éléments statistiques de fin d’année 2022 ainsi qu’un résumé en français. L’événement se tiendra en présentiel (!) : Le (...)
20 January 2023 Event in Washington D.C.- Presential & Online U.S. Launch of WNISR2022 The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), and the Team of the World Nuclear Industry Status Report (WNISR) welcome you to the event: U.S. Launch of the World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2022 on Thursday, 26 January 2023 at 10h00–12h00 Washington D.C. Time (EST) at the NRDC Offices 1152 15^th Street, N.W. Suite 300 or via Zoom / Livestream We will have a diverse line-up of distinguished international speakers: Introduction/Moderation (...)
15 September 2022 Global Launch WNISR2022 STD 5 October 2022: Global Launch of the World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2022 The World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2022 will be released on 5 October 2022, during a hybrid presential/virtual presentation in Berlin hosted by the Heinrich Boell Foundation SAVE THE DATE The World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2022 Global Launch Event Date: 🗓 Wednesday, 5 October 2022 Time: 🕓 16:00–18:00 Berlin Time (CET) Languages: 🗣 English & German (simultaneous translation provided) Where: 📍 Heinrich Böll Foundation – Schumannstraße 8 / D-10117 Berlin or via Zoom / (...)
24 July 2022 WNISR Akkuyu‑4 in Turkey: Second Construction Start in a Week for the Russian Nuclear Industry—Anyways 4 WNISR, 24 July 2022 On 21 July 2022, Akkuyu Nuclear announced that first concrete was poured for the base slab of the reactor building of Unit 4 of the Turkish Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant, marking the official construction start. The Akkuyu project is based on a series of agreements signed between the Russian and Turkish Governments in May 2010 which provide for the construction of four Russian-designed VVER1200 reactors (Generation III+) for a total capacity of 4.8 GW at the Akkuyu site (...)
21 July 2022 WNISR Russia’s Rosatom Starts Building Egypt’s First Nuclear Reactor—Anyways 3 WNISR, 20 July 2022 Construction of Egypt’s first nuclear power plant has officially started on 20 July 2022 at El-Dabaa city, governorate of Matrouh. The VVER-1200 reactor of Russian design is the first of four such units to be built by Rosatom at the El-Dabaa site, located on the north-west coast of Egypt, by the Mediterranean Sea. Egypt’s nuclear ambitions stem back to the mid-1950s, and the Dabaa site was first selected to host a nuclear facility in the early 1980s. The latest attempts to (...)
15 July 2022 WNISR Nuclear Construction Starts 2022: China 4, Rest of the World 0 WNISR, 15 July 2022 China launches the fourth nuclear reactor construction in 2022, Unit 3 at the Haiyang site in the Shandong province. Reportedly, work on the CAP1000, the Chinese adaptation of Westinghouse’s AP1000, started with the concreting of the base slab of the reactor building already on 7 July 2022. The event at Haiyang follows the beginning of the Sanmen-3 building in Taizhou, Zhejiang province, on 28 June 2022. Both sites already host two AP1000 reactors, and the addition of two (...)
29 June 2022 WNISR Third Nuclear Reactor Construction Start in China in 2022 As of mid-year, no new-build launched yet in any other country WNISR, 29 June 2022 The China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) announced the beginning of the concrete pour for the base of the reactor building at Sanmen-3 in Taizhou, Zhejiang province, on 28 June 2022. The act marks the official construction start of the first reactor based on the CAP1000 design, the Chinese adaptation of the Westinghouse AP1000 design. The Sanmen site already hosts two AP1000 that started generating power in 2018. Sanmen-3, to be followed by Sanmen-4, is the beginning (...)
15 June 2022 WNISR South Korea Starts Up a Long‑Delayed Nuclear Reactor WNISR, 14 June 2022 On 9 June 2022, the South Korean nuclear utility Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) announced the first grid connection of Shin-Hanul-1. The nuclear plant is located in Uljin, North Gyeongsang Province, and this is the second reactor to start up in South Korea in five years. Construction of the 1340-MW Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) of the APR-1400 design started ten years ago on 10 July 2012 and first electricity generation was originally scheduled for 2017. Thus (...)
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 (...)

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