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443 nuclear units are operating in the world, 52 units are under construction AtomInfo.Ru, PUBLISHED 09.02.2020 The current number of the operating nuclear power units in the world is equal to 443. These data are presented in the PRIS database supported by the IAEA. Another 52 units have the status of the being built one. Since the beginning of 2019, six units have been connected to the grid - "Shin-Kori-4" in South Korea, "Novovoronezh-2-2", "Akademik Lomonosov-1" and "Akademik Lomonosov-2" in Russia, "Taishan-2" and "Yangjiang-6" (both China). The construction was started on three new units - "Kursk-2-2" in Russia, "Zhangzhou-1" in China and "Bushehr-2" in Iran. Thirteen units were permanently shutdown - "Bilibino-1" in Russia, "Genkai-2" and "Fukushima-Daini-1..4" in Japan, "Pilgrim-1" and TMI-1 in the USA, "Chinshan-2" in Taiwan, "Ringhals-2" in Sweden, "Muehleberg-1" in Switzerland, "Wolsong-1" in the South Korea and "Philippsburg-2" in Germany. Topics: IAEA, Decommissioning, Japan Other news: The first batch of MOX fuel was loaded into the reactor at the Beloyarsk NPP The complete MOX-core is planned in 2021. 447 nuclear units are operating in the world Another 52 units are under construction. WANO, IAEA, EPRI collaborate to help new nuclear power units to start up safely and on time The white paper is available here (bottom left section to download). |
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