Chart by Carbon Brief.Īpart from Fukushima, the nuclear industry has witnessed two other major disasters, both of which have had lasting international consequences. Source: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) PRIS database and Carbon Brief analysis.
#NUCLEAR TIME LOCATIONS OFFLINE#
Annual additions (red bars, right axis) and the capacity of reactors going offline or being shut down (yellow bars, right axis). Total global nuclear power generating capacity in operation between 19 (blue area, left axis). You can show each category in isolation by clicking on the tabs in the top right-hand corner.) Global nuclear power generating capacity (Where reactors in different categories are close together on the map above, their bubbles can overlap and the colours can become mixed. Whereas “shutdown” reactors will remain closed, those that are “offline” could be restarted. This is down from a peak of 378GW in 2005, largely as a result of reactors being taken offline post-Fukushima. The total global generating capacity for nuclear power is 345 gigawatts (GW). This average varies regionally (see below). Most were built in the two decades after 1970, giving the world’s fleet an average age of 29. Today, there are 400 reactors operating across 31 nations. There are now 66 reactors under construction in 16 countries, including 24 in China. All except three of Japan’s remain offline following the tsunami of 11 March 2011, and the nuclear accident that followed.įor others, nuclear offers low-carbon energy and reduced reliance on dirty, imported fossil fuels. Lithuania and Italy have shut down all of their reactors. Changing fortunesįor some, the technology has fallen out of favour. It shows the location, operating status and generating capacity of all 667 reactors that have been built, or are under construction, around the world, ever since Russia’s tiny Obninsk plant became the first to supply power to the grid in 1954. To help provide a global overview of the nuclear power sector both today and throughout its history, Carbon Brief has produced this interactive map. From the latest crisis over plans for Hinkley Point in the UK, to Friday’s fifth anniversary of the Fukushima disaster, nuclear power plants are currently much in the news.
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