Global nuclear generation is on track to reach a new high in 2025, surpassing its previous record in 2021, the International Energy Agency said in its Electricity Mid-Year Update for 2024, a report that also highlighted the potential impact of power-hungry data centres on the industry.
According to the agency, nuclear generation is forecast to rise globally by 1.6% in 2024, and by 3.5% in 2025.
In China, nuclear generation is set to increase 9% in 2024 due to new reactors becoming operational. China now has 56 commercial reactors in operation, the same number as France and second only to the US, which has 94.
In the US, nuclear generation rose by 2.5% after the Vogtle-4 AP1000 plant in Georgia entered commercial operation in April 2024.
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