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450 nuclear units are operating in the world AtomInfo.Ru, PUBLISHED 01.03.2019 The current number of the operating nuclear power units in the world is equal to 450. These data are presented in the PRIS database supported by the IAEA. Another 55 units have the status of the being built one. Since the beginning of 2018, nine new units were connected to the grid, seven of them in China - "Sanmen-1", "Taishan-1", "Yangjiang-5", "Haiyang-1", "Sanmen-2", "Haiyang-2" and "Tianwan-4". Two new units were connected to the grid in Russia - "Leningrad-2-1" and "Rostov-4". One unit was permanently shutdown in the USA - "Oyster Creek-1". Two units were permanently shutdown in Taiwan (China). One unit was permanently shutdown in Russia - "Leningrad-1" with the RBMK-1000 reactor. Three units were permanently shutdown in Japan - "Ikata-2", " Ohi-1", "Ohi-2". The construction was started on five new units - "Akkuyu-1", "Kursk-2-1", "Rooppur-2", "Shin-Kori-6" and "Hinkley Point C-1". Topics: IAEA, Decommissioning, Japan Other news: WANO members vote to establish a new Branch Office and Support Centre in China WANO has defined a high-level, three-phase deployment model for the office in Shanghai. 452 nuclear units are operating in the world Another 55 units have the status of the being built one. The MoU was signed at the 9th Session of the High-Level Russia-Singapore Inter-Governmental Commission in Singapore. |
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