Nuclear Power in the World Today
Nuclear Power in the World TodayFebruary 2006
The first commercial nuclear power stations started operation in the 1950s.
There are now some 440 commercial nuclear power reactors operating in 31 countries, with over 364,000 MWe of total capacity.
They supply 16% of the world's electricity, as base-load power, and their efficiency is increasing.
56 countries operate a total of 284 research reactors reactors and a further 220 reactors power ships and submarines.
Nuclear technology uses the energy released by splitting the atoms of certain elements. It was first developed in the 1940s, and during the Second World War research initially focuss...
Date: 22 February 2007, Thursday
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