454 nuclear units are operating in the world AtomInfo.Ru, PUBLISHED 23.08.2018 The current number of the operating nuclear power units in the world is equal to 454. These data are presented in the PRIS database supported by the IAEA. Another 56 units have the status of the being built one. Since the beginning of 2017, six new units were connected to the grid, four of them in China - "Sanmen-1", "Taishan-1", "Yangjiang-5" and "Haiyang-1". Two new units were connected to the grid in Russia - "Leningrad-2-1" and "Rostov-4". Topics: IAEA Other news: 453 nuclear units are operating in the world Another 57 units have the status of the being built one. WANO calls on industry to build on progress after post-Fukushima improvements These 12 projects have been successfully delivered by WANO and its worldwide membership. The pre-stressing system installation has been completed at Unit 1 at Belarus NPP Readiness of the pre-stressing system is one of the necessary conditions of the next critical operation. |
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