Another Reactor Closes, Punctuating New Reality for U.S. Nuclear Power

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4. Nuclear generating capacity rises in 2014

Global nuclear generating capacity increased slightly in 2014 as five new reactors began supplying electricity, while just one was permanently shut down.

The year saw new reactors with total capacity of 4763 MWe connected to the grid: Ningde 2, Fuqing 1 and Fangjiashan 1 in China; Atucha 2 in Argentina and Russia's Rostov 3. An uprate at the existing Fermi 2 unit in the USA saw a further 15-20 MWe added.

The world starts 2015 with 436 operable reactors and a total nuclear generating capacity of some 377.7 GWe, compared with 435 reactors and generating capacity of 375.3 GWe a year ago.


http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/NP-Nuclear-generating-capacity-rises-in-2014-0501154.html

Just about a lock to have a much larger gain for 2015 and 2016 as the Chinese backlog clears out and numerous Japanese reactors restart.