NUCLEAR POLICIES
Nuclear generation drops 1.9% in 2007
09 June 2008
Figures from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) show that nuclear power generation worldwide was 50 TWh lower in 2007 than in 2006, mainly due to cutbacks in three countries.
In Japan, the closure of 8000 MWe of capacity at Tokyo Electric Power Company’s (Tepco’s) Kashiwazaki Kariwa plant in Niigata prefecture following the earthquake on 16 July had a marked influence. The plant’s closure led to Japan’s nuclear (...)