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Foreword .............................................................................................................................................. 9 Executive Summary and Conclusions ....................................................................................... 12 Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 19 General Overview Worldwide ..................................................................................................... 23 Introduction ...................................................................................................................................................................... 23 Overview—The Role of Nuclear Power ................................................................................................................ 23 Operation, Power Generation, Age Distribution ............................................................................................... 26 Overview of Current New Build ............................................................................................................................... 30 Construction Times ......................................................................................................................... 32 Construction Times of Reactors Currently Under Construction .................................................................. 32 Construction Times of Past and Currently Operating Reactors .................................................................. 33 Construction Starts and Cancellations ..................................................................................... 34 Operating Age ................................................................................................................................... 36 Lifetime Projections ....................................................................................................................... 40 Potential Newcomer Countries ................................................................................................... 42 Under Construction ........................................................................................................................................................ 43 Contracts Signed .............................................................................................................................................................. 46 Plans and Projects .......................................................................................................................................................... 48 Generation III Reactors—Why the Delays and Cost Overruns? ....................................... 55 Introduction ...................................................................................................................................................................... 55 What is Generation III+? .............................................................................................................................................. 56 Standardization and Generic Design Reviews .................................................................................................... 58 Causes of construction delays ................................................................................................................................... 58 Experience at Construction Sites ............................................................................................................................. 60 Comparison of the EPR and AP1000 ...................................................................................................................... 64 Conclusions ....................................................................................................................................................................... 64 Advanced Nuclear Reactors—The Story of the SMR ............................................................... 68 History ................................................................................................................................................................................. 68 United States ..................................................................................................................................................................... 69 Russia ................................................................................................................................................................................... 72 South Korea ....................................................................................................................................................................... 73 China ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 74 India ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 75 Argentina ............................................................................................................................................................................ 76 Conclusion .......................................................................................................................................................................... 76 Fukushima—A Status Report ...................................................................................................... 78 Onsite challenges ............................................................................................................................................................ 78 Offsite challenges ............................................................................................................................................................ 84 Cost of the Fukushima Accident ............................................................................................................................... 87 Mycle Schneider, Antony Froggatt et al. 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Nuclear Power vs. Renewable Energy Deployment ............................................................. 89 Introduction ...................................................................................................................................................................... 89 Investment ......................................................................................................................................................................... 91 Installed Capacity ........................................................................................................................................................... 92 Electricity Generation ................................................................................................................................................... 93 Status and Trends in China, the European Union, India, and the United States .................................. 95 Annexes ......................................................................................................................................... 101 Annex 1: Overview by Region and Country ......................................................................... 102 Africa ................................................................................................................................................................................. 102 The Americas ................................................................................................................................................................. 103 United States Focus ..................................................................................................................................................... 107 Asia ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 113 China Focus .................................................................................................................................................................... 113 Japan Focus ..................................................................................................................................................................... 120 European Union (EU28) and Switzerland ......................................................................................................... 137 France Focus .................................................................................................................................................................. 144 Former Soviet Union .................................................................................................................................................. 164 Annex 2: Japanese Nuclear Reactor Status .......................................................................... 170 Annex 3: Various Indicators of the Fukushima Daiichi Units 1 to 3 ............................ 174 Annex 4: Fukushima—Radioactive Contamination and Evacuation Zones .............. 176 Annex 5: Definition of Credit Rating by the Main Agencies ............................................ 177 Annex 6: Status of Lifetime Extensions in the U.S. ............................................................. 178 Annex 7: Chinese Nuclear Reactor Status ............................................................................. 181 Annex 8: About the Authors ...................................................................................................... 184 Annex 9: Abbreviations .............................................................................................................. 186 Annex 10: Status of Nuclear Power in the World ............................................................... 194 Annex 11: Nuclear Reactors in the World“Under Construction” .................................. 196 Mycle Schneider, Antony Froggatt et al. World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2015 6
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develop, questions over safety and
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50 percent by 2030, 480 and also be
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(see Table 6) will be permanently s
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LTS - Long Term Shutdown METI - Min
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