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OECD nuclear output on the rise |
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Nuclear generation rose in the OECD last year, according to the latest figures released by the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA). This was despite a drop in the number of operating power reactors. At the start of 2005, there were 352 nuclear units in operation in 17 OECD states, seven fewer units than in 2004, said the NEA. But nuclear generating capacity increased by almost 1% and nuclear electricity output by more than 4% compared to the previous year, the agency found. Nuclear plants produced 23.5% of the electricity generated in OECD countries during 2004, the share was more than 50% in Belgium, France, Slovakia and Sweden. Thanks to improved performance, nuclear's share rose last year in Canada, France, Germany, Hungary, Japan and Sweden. The statistics are in the just published 2005 edition of the NEA's "Brown Book" entitled Nuclear Energy Data. The publication can be ordered at http://www.oecd.org/bookshop |
