Global nuclear output fell 7% in 2012: status report

摘要

Global electricity generation from nuclear reactors dropped 7% in 2012 to 2,346 TWh and is down nearly 12% from 2006's peak, according to the World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2013, which was published in July. The report looks at nuclear reactor units in operation and under construction. As of July 1,427 reactors were in operation in 31 countries, with a combined installed capacity of 364 GW. Global nuclear capacity peaked in 2010 at 375 GW, the report said, while reactor numbers peaked in 2002 at 444. Annual nuclear electricity generation peaked at 2,660 TWh in 2006. "About three-quarters of this decline is due to the situation in Japan, but 16 other countries, including the top five nuclear generators, decreased their nuclear generation too," the report said.