India has begun commercial operation of its first domestically designed 700-MWe pressurized heavy water reactor (PHWR) at the Kakrapar nuclear power plant in Gujarat, state-owned Nuclear Power Corp. of India…
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Editors note: Corrected (Dec. 7). A previous version of this infographic listed Russia's nuclear total as 1.9 GW. It is 2.9 GW.
Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s twin Sendai nuclear units in Japan's Kagoshima Prefecture on Nov. 7 got the government's green light to restart. Once back online, likely in 2015, the units will…
France will cap its nuclear power capacity at the current 63.2 GW, forcing closures if new reactors come online, and instead boost renewable generation if a bill unveiled by its…