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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
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WNISR
in the Media –
4 December 2021
The Energy Mix
‘Fantasy PowerPoint Designs’ Won’t Deliver Nuclear Power in Time to Solve Climate Change
Governments have no time to waste on “fantasy PowerPoint designs” of small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) that could never be built in time to save humanity from the climate crisis, says the author of an annual status report on the world nuclear industry. By Paul Brown Published 7 October 2021 Governments have no time to waste on “fantasy PowerPoint designs” of small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) that could never be built in time to save humanity from the climate crisis, says the (…)
WNISR
in the Media –
4 December 2021 [de]
Berner Zeitung (Switzerland)
Die Welt produziert immer weniger Atomstrom
Die Nuklearindustrie sieht die Kernenergie als Option gegen den Klimawandel und erwartet einen Aufschwung. Die nackten Zahlen zeigen aber ein ganz anderes Bild. von Martin Läubli am 1. Oktober 2021 Kleine Rolle beim Klimaschutz Die Nuklearindustrie sieht die Kernenergie als Option gegen den Klimawandel und erwartet einen weltweiten Aufschwung. Die nackten Zahlen eines neuen Statusberichts zeigen aber ein ganz anderes Bild. Es macht den Eindruck, als ob die Stimme der Nuklearindustrie (…)
WNISR
Essential News –
4 November 2021
WNISR2021
Video &
PPT
of the
WNISR2021
Global Launch
The Global Launch of the World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2021 (
WNISR2021
) hosted by the Natural Resources Defense Council (
NRDC
) in Washington
D.C.
took place on 28 September 2021 (see video and slides hereunder). The virtual event was co-hosted by the Rural Action and Voices for the Environment (
RAVEN
) Project, University of New Brunswick, and the Environment & Society Program, St. Thomas University, New Brunswick. Further online events around the
WNISR2021
findings were hosted (…)
WNISR
in the Media –
20 October 2021
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (
US
)
Four takeaways from the 2021 World Nuclear Industry Status Report
By Dawn Stover Published 1 October 2021 Although there are 23 fewer nuclear reactors in the world today than at the 2002 peak of 438, the past year saw a small uptick in the number of reactors operating worldwide and a corresponding increase in the global fleet’s net operating capacity. That’s one data point in the World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2021, the latest in a series of annual industry reports compiled by an international team of independent experts led by Mycle Schneider, a (…)
WNISR
in the Media –
20 October 2021 [de]
neues deutschland (Germany)
Klimawandel stoppt Atomkraft
Die Kernenergie ist laut einem aktuellen Bericht weltweit weiter auf dem Rückzug Von Kurt Stenger am 29. September 2021 Im Jahr 2020 ist die Stromerzeugung aus der Kernenergie so stark zurückgegangen wie nie zuvor. Das geht aus dem »World Nuclear Industry Status Report« hervor, der am Dienstag bei einer Pressekonferenz in Washington vorgestellt wurde. So fiel die
AKW
-Stromerzeugung um vier Prozent, während die erneuerbaren Energien ohne Wasserkraft um 13 Prozent zulegten. Gleichzeitig (…)
WNISR
in the Media –
12 October 2021 [fr]
Reporterre (France)
En déclin, le nucléaire distancé par les renouvelables
En 2020, la production d’électricité nucléaire dans le monde a diminué, selon un rapport tout juste paru. Les réacteurs vieillissants ne sont pas remplacés assez vite, tandis que les énergies renouvelables sont de plus en plus compétitives. par Hervé Kempf Publié le 29 Septembre 2021 La France, ou du moins les partis de droite, de M. Macron à M. Zemmour, s’accroche-t-elle désespérément à une industrie du passé
? C’est ce qu’on peut penser en lisant le World Nuclear Industry Status (…)
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 –
12 October 2021
PV
Magazine (Germany)
Renewables vs. Nuclear: 256-0
The latest World Nuclear Industry Status Report shows that the world’s operational nuclear capacity grew by just 400
MW
in 2020, with generation falling by 4%. By contrast, renewables grew by 256
GW
and clean energy production rose by 13%. “Nuclear power is irrelevant in today’s electricity capacity market,” the report’s main author, Mycle Schneider, told pv magazine. by Emiliano Bellini Published 28 September 2021 Global nuclear power capacity including grew by just 400
MW
in 2020, (…)
WNISR
in the Media –
12 October 2021 [de]
taz (Germany)
Atomwirtschaft: Atomwirtschaft auf dem Rückzug
Erneuerbare Energien boomen, die Kernspaltung verliert. Beim globalen Strommix ist der Anteil von Atomstrom auf 10 Prozent gesunken, so ein Report. von Bernward Janzing am 28. September 2021
FREIBURG
taz | Seit Jahren stagniert die weltweite Atomkraft – eine Entwicklung, die sich auch im Jahr 2020 fortsetzte. Den weiteren Bedeutungsverlust der Nuklearwirtschaft verhindert vor allem China: Ohne den Zubau der Reaktoren im Reich der Mitte wäre die globale Atomstromerzeugung im (…)
WNISR
in the Media –
4 October 2021
Deutsche Welle (Germany)
Nuclear power: Downward trend ahead of climate summit
Ten years since the Fukushima disaster, expensive nuclear energy plants are being shut down across the world as renewable power prices plummet. by Stuart Braun Published 28 September 2021 In the face of soaring gas prices in the
UK
, some incumbent conservative politicians are pushing nuclear energy as the savior. The argument goes that the energy source has low carbon emissions, and that new smaller reactors can more quickly be brought online. Rolls-Royce stands ready to build 16 new (…)
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