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448 nuclear units are operating in the world, 52 units are under construction AtomInfo.Ru, PUBLISHED 10.01.2020 The current number of the operating nuclear power units in the world is equal to 448. 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. Eight units were permanently shutdown - "Bilibino-1" in Russia, "Genkai-2" in Japan. "Pilgrim-1" and TMI-1 in the USA, "Chinshan-2" in Taiwan, "Ringhals-2" in Sweden, "Muehleberg-1" in Switzerland and "Wolsong-1" in the South Korea. Topics: IAEA, Floating NPP, Decommissioning, Russia Other news: 448 nuclear units are operating in the world Another 53 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). The total contract value is 26.3 billion rubles. |
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