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439 nuclear units are operating in the world, 51 units are under construction AtomInfo.Ru, PUBLISHED 05.01.2022 The current number of the operating nuclear power units in the world is equal to 439. These data are presented in the PRIS database supported by the IAEA. Another 51 units have the status of the being built one. Since the beginning of 2021, six new units have been connected to the grid - "Kakrapar-3" (India), KANUPP-2 (Pakistan), "Tianwan-6", "Hongyanhe-5" and "Shidao Bay-1" (all China) and "Barakah-2" (UAE). The construction was started on five new units - "Akkuyu-3" (Turkey), "Changjiang-3", "Tianwan-7" and "Xudabu-3" (all China), BREST-OD-300 (Russia). Nine units were permanently shutdown - "Indian Point-3" (USA), "Kuosheng-1" (Taiwan), "Dungeness B-1", "Dungeness B-2", "Hunterston B-1" (all Great Britain), KANUPP-1 (Pakistan), "Brokdorf-1", "Grohnde-1" and "Gundremmingen-C" (all Germany). Topics: IAEA, Decommissioning, Germany Other news: The second Chinese HTGR came out for first criticality The Shidao Bay-1 unit consists of two HTR-PM reactors combined with a common 211 MWe turbine. Construction of Akkuyu NPP Unit 3 Begins A ceremony commemorating the start of Unit 3 construction was held at the site of the first Turkish nuclear power plant Akkuyu. TVEL Elemash Machine-building plant launches new manufacturing site for CFR-600 fabrication The dummy fuel bundles for CFR-600 are already manufactured for testing. |
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