Another Record Year for Nuclear Power

The Breakthrough Institute

Another Record Year for Nuclear Power
2016 Adds 9.5 GW of Global Capacity http://thebreakthrough.org/index.php/voices/another-record-year-for-nuclear-power

Last year we noted that 2015 was a record year for new nuclear power around the world, with more reactors added than in any year since 1990. But 2016 proved to be an even bigger year for nuclear power, with ten reactors coming online around the world, adding 9.5 gigawatts (GW) of capacity. This was the largest annual addition of nuclear power since 1990, and the largest two-year addition of nuclear power since 1989-90.