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Nuclear Power Plants Report Stellar Performance, but Retirements Could Limit Climate Benefits

July 27, 2022 admin capacity factor, climate change, Environmental, full coverage, GERMANY, International, news, Nuclear, nuclear power, reactors, wna, world nuclear association

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2022 21:51:38 +0000

The world’s nuclear power plants generated a total of 2,653 TWh of energy in 2021, up 100 TWh from 2020. It was the third-highest total ever for global generation from nuclear, just 4 TWh short of the output in 2019 and 7 TWh less than the record set in 2006. The results were reported by […]

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Nuclear Performance Improves, but More Reactors Needed

September 25, 2019 admin capacity factor, climate change, Construction, iea, International, international energy agency, news, Nuclear, nuclear power, world nuclear association, world nuclear performance report 2019

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2019 19:22:12 +0000

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“The world’s nuclear plants continue to perform excellently,” Agneta Rising, director general of the World Nuclear Association, wrote in the preface to the recently released World Nuclear Performance Report 2019. Yet, if the nuclear industry is to reach its “Harmony” goal, which is for nuclear generation to supply 25% of the world’s electricity before 2050, […]

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2018 Exceptional Year for Nuclear Power Firsts

September 5, 2019 admin Business, climate change, Environmental, flexible operations, Gas, iaea, iea, International, load-following, Markets, news, Nuclear, nuclear power, nuclear retirements, nuclear subsidies, Technology, world nuclear association

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2019 13:18:54 +0000

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Last year, five of the world’s 449 operable nuclear reactors reached 50 years of operation for the first time, four first-of-their kind reactor designs were brought online, and while the industry showed capacity factor impacts from load-following, the global nuclear fleet performed at an average capacity factor of about 80%, says a new report from […]

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NRC Certifies South Korea’s APR1400 Nuclear Reactor Design for U.S. Use

May 1, 2019 admin apr1400, barakah, Business, International, news, NRC, Nuclear, shin kori, South korea, Technology, UAE, world nuclear association

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 01 May 2019 22:06:43 +0000

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has certified the Advanced Power Reactor 1400 (APR1400), a third-generation design developed by deployed by South Korean state-owned companies Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) and Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power (KHNP). The U.S. nuclear regulatory body on May 1 said it will issue a direct final rule certifying the reactor […]

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Nuclear Power Production Up for Fifth Year in a Row

August 15, 2018 admin AP1000, EPR, International, news, Nuclear, nuclear power, report, world nuclear association

Nuclear power generation increased worldwide in 2017 for the fifth successive year according to a report released by the World Nuclear Association (WNA). Production from nuclear plants reached 2,506 TWh in 2017, more than 10% of global electricity demand. The average capacity factor for the world’s nuclear power plants increased year-over-year to 81.1%, continuing the […]

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