Factbox-Energy crisis revives nuclear power plans globally
(Reuters) – Amid renewed curiosity in nuclear energy, governments throughout Europe and Asia are extending their growing older fleet of nuclear vegetation, restarting reactors and dusting off plans for tasks shelved after the 2011 nuclear disaster in Fukushima, Japan.
International locations are taking a look at methods to spice up electrical energy output after the warfare in Ukraine that began in February induced fossil gasoline costs to soar.
Here’s a abstract of some key developments:
ASIA-PACIFIC
JAPAN
SOUTH KOREA
CHINA
INDIA
PHILIPPINES
VIETNAM
EUROPE
FRANCE
UNITED KINGDOM
GERMANY
BELGIUM
FINLAND
NORTH AMERICA
UNITED STATES
Nuclear reactors and tasks
Nation No. of Nuclear share Reactors beneath
operable of energy building(O
reactors technology(%) utput in
(Output in megawatt
megawatt electrical
electrical (MWe))
(MWe))
Japan 33 (31,679) 7.2 2 (2,653)
South Korea 25 (24,431) 28.0 4 (5,360)
China 51 (52,150) 5.0 20 (20,600)
India 22 (6,795) 3.2 7 (5,194)
Germany 3 (4,055) 11.9 0 (0)
France 56 (61,360) 69.0 1 (1,630)
U.Ok. 10 (6,368) 14.8 2 (3,260)
U.S.A 92 (94,718) 19.6 2 (2,234)
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World 440 (394,312) N/A (57,666)
Supply: World Nuclear Efficiency Report 2022 – World Nuclear Affiliation
(Reporting by Yuka Obayashi in Tokyo, Joyce Lee in Seoul, Enrico dela Cruz in Manila, Khanh Vu in Hanoi, Timothy Gardner in Washington, Muyu Xu and Matthew Chye in Singapore, Nina Chestney, Susanna Twidale and Sarah McFarlane in London; Enhancing by Florence Tan and Christian Schmollinger)
