nuclear power outages due to extreme weather events worldwide was five times large in decade 2009-2019 than in the period 1990-1999.
Around 46 terawatt-hours of nuclear energy production losses were due to adverse weather conditions worldwide between 1990 and 2019. In comparison, over 120 terawatt-hours were lost due to grid failure. The number of Total electricity production losses due to nuclear power outages worldwide between 1990 and 2019, by cause (in terawatt-hours)
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Statistics on Global nuclear energy
Overview
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- Basic Statistic Global electricity production 1990-2021
- Premium Statistic Global nuclear power plants capacity 1954-2021
- Premium Statistic Global nuclear power production 1985-2021
- Premium Statistic Global nuclear energy consumption 2021, by leading country
- Basic Statistic Global nuclear power consumption share 2021, by selected country
- Basic Statistic Nuclear share of domestic electricity generation 2021, by select country
Nuclear power plants
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- Basic Statistic Number of operational nuclear reactors worldwide 1954-2021
- Basic Statistic Operable nuclear power reactors worldwide 2022, by country
- Premium Statistic Number of operable nuclear reactors worldwide 2022, by type
- Premium Statistic Global nuclear reactors 2022, by age
- Basic Statistic Global largest nuclear power reactors 2021, by gross capacity
- Premium Statistic Global nuclear energy power plant construction 1954-2021
- Basic Statistic Global nuclear power reactors permanent shutdowns 2005-2022
- Basic Statistic Global nuclear reactors permanent shutdowns 2022, by country
Uranium
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- Premium Statistic Uranium mine production worldwide 2005-2021
- Basic Statistic Global uranium mine production volume by method 2014-2021
- Premium Statistic Production levels of global top uranium mines 2021
- Premium Statistic Global uranium production by leading countries in 2021
- Premium Statistic Countries with the largest uranium reserves worldwide 2020
Outlook
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- Premium Statistic Global outlook on electricity generation 2020-2050, by energy source
- Premium Statistic Global installed nuclear generation capacity outlook 2020-2050
- Basic Statistic Planned global nuclear power reactor additions 2022, by country
- Basic Statistic Global number of nuclear reactors under construction 2022, by country
- Premium Statistic Capacity of nuclear reactors under construction worldwide 2022, by country
- Premium Statistic Largest nuclear reactors under construction worldwide 2022, by gross capacity
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- Nuclear power plants' capacity factor in the U.S. 1975-2022
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- Net load factor of Spanish nuclear power plants in 2022
- Capacity of nuclear power plants by plant in Spain 2022
- Global nuclear power plants connections to the grid 1954-2021
- Operating capacity of nuclear power stations in the United Kingdom 2023
- Nuclear power plants' net summer capacity in the U.S. 1975-2022
- Number of operable nuclear power plants Japan 2022, by company
- Electricity production from operable nuclear power plants Japan 2022, by power plant
- Support for the construction of nuclear power plants in Poland 2021-2022
- Global nuclear power plants capacity 1954-2021
- Leading nuclear power plants worldwide 2022, based on capacity
- Operable nuclear power reactors worldwide 2022, by country
- Remaining years of operation for nuclear power plants in the UK 2022
- Number of nuclear power plants Japan 2022, by prefecture
- Support for the construction of nuclear power plants in Poland 2012-2022
- Nuclear power plants' capacity in Canada 2021
- Share of weather-induced nuclear power outages worldwide by location 1990-2019
- Weather-induced unavailability of nuclear power plants worldwide 1990-2019
- Nuclear power plants as an e-mission free source of energy in Poland 2021-2022
- Opinion towards the operation of nuclear power plants Philippines 2022
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IAEA. (September 29, 2022). Total electricity production losses due to nuclear power outages worldwide between 1990 and 2019, by cause (in terawatt-hours) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 29, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1337302/production-losses-due-to-nuclear-power-outages-worldwide/
IAEA. "Total electricity production losses due to nuclear power outages worldwide between 1990 and 2019, by cause (in terawatt-hours)." Chart. September 29, 2022. Statista. Accessed May 29, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1337302/production-losses-due-to-nuclear-power-outages-worldwide/
IAEA. (2022). Total electricity production losses due to nuclear power outages worldwide between 1990 and 2019, by cause (in terawatt-hours). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 29, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1337302/production-losses-due-to-nuclear-power-outages-worldwide/
IAEA. "Total Electricity Production Losses Due to Nuclear Power Outages Worldwide between 1990 and 2019, by Cause (in Terawatt-hours)." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 Sep 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1337302/production-losses-due-to-nuclear-power-outages-worldwide/
IAEA, Total electricity production losses due to nuclear power outages worldwide between 1990 and 2019, by cause (in terawatt-hours) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1337302/production-losses-due-to-nuclear-power-outages-worldwide/ (last visited May 29, 2023)
Total electricity production losses due to nuclear power outages worldwide between 1990 and 2019, by cause (in terawatt-hours) [Graph], IAEA, September 29, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1337302/production-losses-due-to-nuclear-power-outages-worldwide/