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Abandoned Constructions
95
Under Construction
71
Operating
413
Long-Term Outage
30
Closed
224
Number of Reactors
(as of August 2026)
32.9
Mean Age of Reactor Fleet
(as of August 2026)
8.8%
Stable
Nuclear Share in Electricity Production
(2025)
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WNISR
in the Media –
10 June 2022
The Age (Australia)
Editorial: “Nuclear power is unlikely for Australia, but let’s have the debate”
After meeting state and territory energy ministers this week to discuss the blowout in the price of gas, federal Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen appeared before the media. After meeting state and territory energy ministers this week to discuss the blowout in the price of gas, federal Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen appeared before the media. While he largely kept to the topic, he barely contained his frustration when asked about the Coalition’s advocacy of (…)
WNISR
in the Media –
9 June 2022 [de]
rnd I RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland
Überblick in Grafiken: Wo auf der Welt stehen eigentlich Atomkraftwerke?
Während Deutschland aus der Kernenergie aussteigt, werden in vielen anderen Ländern neue Reaktoren gebaut. Eine
RND
-Auswertung zeigt: Die Standorte befinden sich vor allem in sensibler Grenz- und Küstennähe. Eine Übersicht mit Karten und Grafiken. von Johannes Christ am 9. Juni 2022 Hannover. Nach der Havarie der Reaktoren im japanischen Fukushima im Jahr 2011 hat Deutschland beschlossen, den Ausstieg aus der Atomenergie zu beschleunigen. Seit Anfang 2022 sind nur noch drei Reaktoren (…)
WNISR
in the Media –
9 June 2022
The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)
Old and costly, nuclear energy has reliable friends
The conversation always starts the same way. Someone pops up in an opinion piece or during a political interview and asks why Australia can’t have rational discussions about nuclear power. By Nick O’Malley Published 6 June 2022 Boundless, cheap, emissions-free baseload power is there for the taking if an Australian government just had the intestinal fortitude to face down an unfeasibly powerful cabal of ideological greenies, we’re told. The call is echoed around the country by a (…)
WNISR
in the Media –
31 May 2022
Reuters (
UK
)
Will Ukrainian crisis help bring nuclear in from the cold in Europe?
• Ukraine crisis has forced a rethink of controversial technology in Europe • The United Kingdom plans to increase capacity from
7GW
to 24
GW
by 2050, but many other countries, including Germany, have eschewed nuclear • Proponents are championing a new breed of small modular reactors, which are quicker and cheaper to build By Mark Hillsdon Published 4 May 2022 May 4 - Even before Russian shells landed perilously close to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the largest in Europe, the (…)
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 (…)
WNISR
in the Media –
31 January 2022 [fr]
Connaissance des Énergies (France)
The Conversation — Nucléaire en France : un peu, beaucoup, passionnément, à la folie…
?
Le nucléaire fait partie des sujets clivants, trop souvent traités sous forme d’opposition binaire entre pros et antis. Publié le 20 Janvier 2022 Par Christian de Perthuis — Professeur d’économie à l’université Paris-Dauphine -
PSL
, Fondateur de la Chaire Économie du Climat Le nucléaire fait partie des sujets clivants, trop souvent traités sous forme d’opposition binaire entre pros et antis. Nucléaire : On/Off
? titre par exemple l’ouvrage de François Lévêque. L’auteur y livre une (…)
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 –
22 January 2022 [de]
taz (Germany)
Brauchen wir doch noch Atomkraft?
Journalist:innen befeuern und verteufeln die Atomrenaissance. Die wichtigsten Antworten zu einer deutschen Zombiedebatte. Von Susanne Schwarz Am 21. Januar 2022 Ist der Atomausstieg in Deutschland nicht längst beschlossen? Oh ja, das ist er. Die ostdeutschen Atomkraftwerke wurden schon im Zuge der Wende abgewickelt, den gesamtdeutschen Ausstieg hielt erstmals der „Atomkonsens“ von Rot-Grün im Jahr 2002 fest. Der wurde dann zwar 2010 von Schwarz-Gelb wieder aufgelöst, aber ein Jahr (…)
WNISR
in the Media –
16 December 2021
Wall Street Journal (
USA
)
U.K., Joining Trend, Sees Nuclear as Key to Cut Carbon Emissions
Britain’s plan for net-zero carbon output by 2050 includes new nuclear investments, with China, France and India also expanding production By Max Colchester, Jennifer Hiller and Paul Vieira Published 19 October 2021 The
U.K.
said Tuesday that nuclear power would play an important role in underpinning its plan to cut greenhouse-gas emissions, joining a growing group of countries turning back to atomic energy as they consider how to wean themselves off fossil fuels. The announcement (…)
WNISR
in the Media –
16 December 2021 [fr]
Le Monde (France)
Ces pays qui continuent à miser sur le nucléaire
Parmi la cinquantaine de projets en cours, la majorité se trouve en Asie, principalement dans des Etats déjà équipés. Par Perrine Mouterde et Adrien Pécout Publié le 18 Novembre 2021 Mars 2011 : catastrophe de Fukushima, au Japon. Deux mois plus tard, Angela Merkel tient compte de l’émoi mondial. Cette année-là, la chancelière allemande décide d’accélérer la sortie du nucléaire, déjà envisagée au début des années 2000 et finalement prévue outre-Rhin pour 2022. A l’inverse, d’autres (…)
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