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News Forthcoming units GW el 84 8 6 0.2 a 0 1.6 88
March (Nuclear 2011) No. of units 77 6 9 1 a 0 5 82 circulation.
2017
per (March capacity, (GW el ) Before March 2011 248 84 25 9 10 0.6 378 natural with
as Installed of As March 2017 " 273 # 76 # 25 # 8 10 " 1.3 " 393 reactor boiling
forthcoming disaster Before March 2011 268 92 50 18 15 444 coolant,
and tsunami units of No. of March " # # # 1 " (HTR-PM). light-water
operation and [1]) As 2017 290 78 49 14 15 " 2 448 Explanations to Table: Data in Table include 42 reactors in Japan, the vast majority of which are currently (i.e., October of 2017) not in service. Also, data in Table were updated with the latest modular graphite-moderated,
in earthquake in nuclear (second ABWRs—the type) reactor (UK, 14 reactors); nearest the (3%) (LGRs) nearest the pebble-bed channel-type,
reactors shown of group BWRs in down pressure-channel in down reactor
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nuclear before and reactors on on details (PWRs) reactors or (BWRs) the in operating Pressurized heavy water reactors (PHWRs) (third largest group world—11%; reactors (AGRs) will reactors again) built graphite-moderated EGPs b ; 4 and will reactors again) built Liquid-metal fast-breeder reactors (LMFBRs) (Russ
of [32]) data (some water world—65%) reactors reactors of Gen-III+ the gas-cooled CO 2 -cooled be not RBMKs be not BN-800) taken a in increase helium-cooled loop
Number News (additional type Pressurized the in water group ones in reactors these will and Light-water-cooled, 11 boiling-water-cooled will and and reactors nuclear or decrease a is reactor heterogeneous
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