Nuclear energy sets new record for electricity generation

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Jonathan Cobb discusses the record-breaking electricity generation by nuclear reactors in 2024 and key findings from the World Nuclear Performance Report 2025.

Nuclear reactors worldwide generated 2667 TWh of electricity in 2024, beating the previous record high of 2660 TWh which was set back in 2006, according to World Nuclear Performance Report 2025. In this edition Jonathan Cobb, author of the report, outlines the key findings of the latest edition of the annual World Nuclear Association publication, which include the dominance of Asia in terms of new reactor capacity over the past decade. There is also clear evidence that reactor performan...

People in this episode

Guest: Jonathan Cobb

Topics covered

• nuclear energy
• electricity generation
• reactor performance
• Asia
• World Nuclear Association
• energy records

Keywords

• nuclear energy
• electricity generation
• reactor capacity
• World Nuclear Association
• performance report
• Asia
• TWh
• energy records

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: World Nuclear Association

Books & works: World Nuclear Performance Report 2025

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