453 nuclear units are operating in the world

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AtomInfo.Ru, PUBLISHED 19.10.2018

The current number of the operating nuclear power units in the world is equal to 453. 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, eight new units were connected to the grid, six of them in China - "Sanmen-1", "Taishan-1", "Yangjiang-5", "Haiyang-1", "Sanmen-2" and "Haiyang-2".

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).

The construction was started on four new units - "Akkuyu-1", "Kursk-2-1", "Rooppur-2" and "Shin-Kori-6".

Topics: IAEA, China, AP-1000

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