Increase in global nuclear energy capacities in 2012 04/03 | 22:20 p.m.
Nuclear power generation capacity increased worldwide again in 2012 after declining the previous year due to the Fukushima disaster in Japan, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) announced on Monday.
At the end of December, 437 nuclear reactors were operating worldwide for a total electricity production capacity of 372,5 gigawatts, an increase of around 1% compared to 2011.
"The impact of the accident at the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power plant continued to be felt in 2012 through the relatively low number of construction launches for new reactors," said Yukiya Amano, director general of the IAEA, before the Agency's Board of Governors.
Seven new reactors were started around the world, mostly in China, in 2012. This is more than the four in 2011 but "significantly less than in 2010, when the continuous increase observed since 2003 reached its peak with 16 construction starts, ”added Yukiya Amano.
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