In fiscal year 2020, the share of nuclear energy electricity output in Japan stood at close to four percent, down from over six percent in the previous fiscal year. After the nuclear disaster in Fukushima in 2011, all nuclear reactors were shut down for safety inspections, resulting in a nuclear energy share of zero percent in fiscal 2014.
Share of nuclear energy electricity output in total electricity output in Japan from fiscal 2005 to 2020
fiscal year 2005 to 2020; the Japanese fiscal year starts on April 1 of the stated year and ends on March 31 of the following year
Supplementary notes
*According to the source, the domestic supply of nuclear energy between 2014 and 2015 was zero due to the suspended operation of all nuclear power plants in Japan.
**Data is preliminary.
Data for years prior to fiscal year 2020 comes from previous reporting.
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Renewable Energy Institute. (November 30, 2021). Share of nuclear energy electricity output in total electricity output in Japan from fiscal 2005 to 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 03, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/626272/japan-nuclear-electricity-output-share/
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