Global nuclear generating capacity reached 391.4 GW at end-2016, up from 382.2 GW one year before.
Construction of three large reactor projects also started during 2016, while three units were permanently shut down.
In 2016, 10 new nuclear power reactors, with a total capacity of 9,579 MW, commenced commercial operation, of which five in China, namely Ningde 4 (1,020 MW), Hongyanhe 4 (1,020 MW), Changjiang 2 (610 MW), Fangchenggang 2 (1,020 MW) and Fuqing 3 (1,020 MW). The five other reactors commissioned in 2016 were located in South Korea (Shin Kori-3, 1,340 MW), India (Kudankulam-2, 920 MW), Pakistan (Chashma-3, 310 MW), Russia (Novovoronezh-6, 1,100 MW) and the USA (Watts Bar-2, 1,160 MW).
In addition, project constructions started in China, the Tianwan-6 (1,080 MW) and Fangchenggang-4 (1,150 MW), in Pakistan (Karachi-3, 1,000 MW).
Conversely, three power reactors with a combined capacity of 1, 400 MW were definitively shut down in 2016: the Ikata-1 (540 MW) in Japan, Fort Calhoun (480 MW) in the USA and Novovoronezh-3 (380 MW) in Russia.
At the end of 2016, there were 447 reactors operable around the world totalling 391.4 GW, and 60 under construction (64.5 GW gross capacity).
These data are in line with the data provided in our Power Plant Tracker information service.
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