Earthworm<p>Judge by yourself:</p><p>Key findings of the World Nuclear report 2024:</p><p>Net Decline in Nuclear Capacity –<br>Production Increases but Remains<br>Below 2021</p><p>- In 2023, 5 new nuclear reactors (5 GW) started up and 5 were closed (6 GW), thus a net decline by 1 GW incapacity.</p><p>- Global nuclear power generation increased by 2.2 percent but stayed below 2021 and 2019.</p><p>- Nuclear energy’s share of global commercial gross electricity generation declined from 9.2 percent to 9.1 percent, little more than half of its peak of 17.5 percent in 1996.</p><p>- As of mid-2024, 408 reactors with 367 GW were operating in the world, one more than a year earlier, 30 below the 2002-peak—34 units were in Long-Term Outage.</p><p>- Between 2004–2023, there were 102 startups and 104 closures worldwide: an increase of 49 units in China; outside China, a net decline of 51 units.</p><p>Source: <a href="https://www.worldnuclearreport.org/World-Nuclear-Industry-Status-Report-2024" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">worldnuclearreport.org/World-N</span><span class="invisible">uclear-Industry-Status-Report-2024</span></a></p><p>1/? (I'll add every day another post to the thread)</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nuclear</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SMR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SMR</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearEnergy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Renewables" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Renewables</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Electricity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Electricity</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Atomkraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Atomkraft</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Kernkraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kernkraft</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Atomenergie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Atomenergie</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Kernenergie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kernenergie</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Nucleaire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nucleaire</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnergiaNuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnergiaNuclear</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Uranium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Uranium</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SmallModularReactors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SmallModularReactors</span></a></p>