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Worlds Nuclear Reactor Landscape

USA
2020
visualcapitalist.com
Nuclear Power Station Penly in France. The French nuclear power program is the best planned and operated in the world. Each station has the same standard multiple units to optimize staff outage management and spare parts. Each site is licensed for double the number that will be operating. This allows for planning the next generation plants. No other place in the world has this high degree of planning.

visualcapitalist.com: Following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan, the most severe nuclear accident since Chernobyl, many nations reiterated their intent to wean off this energy source. However, this sentiment is anything but universal—in many other regions of the world, nuclear power is still ramping up, and it’s expected to be a key energy source for decades to come.