Nuclear electricity generation in Japan reached 93.48 TWh in fiscal year 2024, increasing 11.2% from the previous year, according to data compiled by the Japan Atomic Industrial Forum (Jaif).

Jaif’s data also showed that domestic nuclear power plants recorded an average capacity factor of 32.3%, up 3.4 percentage points.

Last year’s performance “represented the highest performance since the implementation of new regulatory standards [following the Fukushima disaster] in FY 2015”, Jaif said.