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'''''The World Nuclear Industry Status Report''''' is a yearly report that explores the global challenges facing the [[nuclear power]] industry. The reports show that the share of nuclear-generated electricity in the overall global energy production has decreased in the 2000s. Nuclear power now accounts for about |
'''''The World Nuclear Industry Status Report''''' is a yearly report that explores the global challenges facing the [[nuclear power]] industry. The reports show that the share of nuclear-generated electricity in the overall global energy production has decreased in the 2000s. Nuclear power now accounts for about 11 percent of the world’s electricity generation and 5 percent of the commercial primary energy.<ref name=ms2012/><ref name=bul>[http://www.thebulletin.org/web-edition/reports/2008-world-nuclear-industry-status-report/2008-world-nuclear-industry-status-re-1 2008 world nuclear industry status report: Western Europe]</ref> |
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==2012 report== |
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According to the ''World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2012'', nuclear power accounted for 11 percent of worldwide electricity generation. World atomic power production dropped by a record 4.3 percent in 2011 as the global financial crisis and the Fukushima disaster in Japan prompted plant shutdowns and slowed construction of new sites. Seven reactors began operating in 2011 and 19 were shuttered.<ref name=ms2012>{{cite web |url=http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-07-06/world-atomic-power-output-falls-by-record-in-fukushima-aftermath |title=World Atomic Output Falls by Record in Fukushima’s Aftermath |author=Kari Lundgren |date=July 06, 2012 |work=Businessweek }}</ref> |
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The report shows that following the [[Fukushima disaster]] in March 2011, Germany, Switzerland and Taiwan announced their withdrawal from nuclear power. Output was further restricted as nations suspended construction plans amid safety concerns and economic stagnation, forcing utilities to study extending lifetimes, which raises considerable safety issues.<ref name=ms2012/> |
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==2010-11 report== |
==2010-11 report== |
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Revision as of 14:49, 10 July 2012
The World Nuclear Industry Status Report is a yearly report that explores the global challenges facing the nuclear power industry. The reports show that the share of nuclear-generated electricity in the overall global energy production has decreased in the 2000s. Nuclear power now accounts for about 11 percent of the world’s electricity generation and 5 percent of the commercial primary energy.[1][2]
2012 report
According to the World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2012, nuclear power accounted for 11 percent of worldwide electricity generation. World atomic power production dropped by a record 4.3 percent in 2011 as the global financial crisis and the Fukushima disaster in Japan prompted plant shutdowns and slowed construction of new sites. Seven reactors began operating in 2011 and 19 were shuttered.[1]
The report shows that following the Fukushima disaster in March 2011, Germany, Switzerland and Taiwan announced their withdrawal from nuclear power. Output was further restricted as nations suspended construction plans amid safety concerns and economic stagnation, forcing utilities to study extending lifetimes, which raises considerable safety issues.[1]
2010-11 report
The World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2010-2011 is authored by Mycle Schneider, Antony Froggatt, and Steve Thomas and published by the Washington-based Worldwatch Institute. The foreword is written by Amory Lovins.[3]
According to the report, the international nuclear industry has been unable to stop the slow decline of nuclear energy. The world’s reactor fleet is aging quickly and not enough new units are coming online. As of April 1, 2011, there were 437 nuclear reactors operating in the world, which was seven fewer than in 2002.[3] The Olkiluoto plant has had particular problems:
The flagship EPR project at Olkiluoto in Finland, managed by the largest nuclear builder in the world, AREVA NP, has turned into a financial fiasco. The project is four years behind schedule and at least 90 percent over budget, reaching a total cost estimate of €5.7 billion ($8.3 billion) or close to €3,500 ($5,000) per kilowatt.[3]
The report says that the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster is exacerbating many of the problems that nuclear energy is facing. There is "no obvious sign that the international nuclear industry could eventually turn empirically evident downward trend into a promising future", and the Fukushima nuclear disaster is likely to accelerate the decline. With long lead times of 10 years and more, it will be difficult to maintain, let alone increase, the number of operating nuclear power plants over the next 20 years. Moreover, says the report, it is clear that nuclear power development cannot keep up with the pace of renewable energy commercialization.[3] For the first time, in 2010 total installed nuclear power capacity in the world (375 gigawatts) fell behind aggregate installed capacity (381 GW) of three specific renewables — wind turbines (193 GW), biomass and waste-to-energy plants (65 GW), and solar power (43 GW).[3]
2009 report
The World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2009 presents quantitative and qualitative information on the nuclear power plants in operation, under construction and in planning phases throughout the world. A detailed analyses of the economic performance of past and current nuclear projects is also given. The report was commissioned by the German Federal Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation and Reactor Safety.[4][5][6]
2008 report
The World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2008 focused on the difficulties facing nuclear power throughout the world, with particular reference to Western Europe and Asia.[2]
2007 report
The World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2007 was commissioned by the Greens-EFA Group in the European Parliament.[7][8]
Earlier reports
The first World Nuclear Industry Status Report was issued in 1992 in a joint publication with WISE-Paris, Greenpeace International and the World Watch Institute, Washington. The second report in 2004 was commissioned by the Greens-EFA Group in the European Parliament.
See also
- International Atomic Energy Agency
- Nuclear energy policy
- Nuclear renaissance
- Nuclear power in France
- Nuclear power in China
References
- ^ a b c Kari Lundgren (July 06, 2012). "World Atomic Output Falls by Record in Fukushima's Aftermath". Businessweek.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ a b 2008 world nuclear industry status report: Western Europe
- ^ a b c d e Mycle Schneider, Antony Froggatt, and Steve Thomas (2011). "World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2010-2011: Nuclear Power in a Post-Fukushima World," (PDF). Worldwatch Institute. p. 7-8.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Mycle Schneider, Steve Thomas, Antony Froggatt, Doug Koplow (August 2009). The World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2009 , p. 5.
- ^ Nuclear decline set to continue, says report Nuclear Engineering International, 27 August 2009.
- ^ The World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2009
- ^ The World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2007
- ^ Nuclear Energy: Report Shows Decline of Nuclear Industry
Further reading
- Mycle Schneider, Antony Froggatt, and Steve Thomas (July 2011 Vol. 67 No. 4). "2010-2011 world nuclear industry status report". Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Mycle Schneider, Steve Thomas, Antony Froggatt, and Doug Koplow. (November 2009, Vol. 65 No. 6). 2009 World Nuclear Industry Status Report Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, pp. 1-19.
- International Atomic Energy Agency (2008). Nuclear´s Great Expectations: Projections Continue to Rise for Nuclear Power, but Relative Generation Share Declines
- Worldwatch Institute (2011). The End of Nuclear.
- Mycle Schneider (9 September 2011). "Fukushima crisis: Can Japan be at the forefront of an authentic paradigm shift?". Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.