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Dave Lochbaum
Former Director of the Nuclear Safety Project Union of Concerned Scientists
Washington D.C., U.S.
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Jonathon Porritt
Founder Director, Forum for the Future, London, UK
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“This 2017 World Nuclear Industry Status Report is perhaps the most decisive document in the history of nuclear power. The report makes clear, in telling detail, that the debate is over.”
S. David Freeman
former Chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), in the Foreword to WNISR2017, U.S.
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Diane Curran
Attorney, Washington DC, USA, March 2018
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Laurent Segalen
Managing Partner at Megawatt-X, HEC School of Management, London, UK
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Arnaud Delebarre
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Thomas Johansson
“Co-Chair, Global Energy Assessment, IIASA”, Sweden/Austria
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Jade Huang
Vice-Secretary General International Forum for Clean Energy (IFCE), Macao/Beijing, China, September 2018
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Frank von Hippel
Professor of Public and International Affairs emeritus, Program on Science and Global Security, International Panel on Fissile Materials (IPFM) Princeton University, USA, April 2017
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Peter Bradford
Former Commissioner, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, USA
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François Lévêque
Professeur d’économie, Mines-ParisTech, France
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John Mecklin
Editor in chief, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, USA, June 2017
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The Independent Assessment of Nuclear Developments in the World

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70+ Years of Nuclear Power World Nuclear Power Reactors 1951–2024 The WNISR Interactive DataViz

World Nuclear Power Status

  • Abandoned Constructions 92
  • Under Construction 60
  • Operating 414
  • Long-Term Outage 26
  • Closed 213
Number of Reactors
(as of March 2024)
31,9
Mean Age of Reactor Fleet
(as of March 2024)

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