World production and consumption
World production and consumption of nuclear power has increased steadily from its commercial start in 1956 but fell as natural gas and renewable capacity increased, and nuclear plants were decommissioned. The growth of nuclear power production was exponential in the first ten years after its commercial introduction in 1956, as would be expected for a […]
Basic Principles of Nuclear Reaction
Nuclear power can be produced from the fission of uranium, plutonium or thorium or the fusion of hydrogen into helium. Fission is a splitting of something into two parts. Today it is almost all produced from uranium. The basic energy fact is that the fission of an atom of uranium produces ten million times the […]
The Global Nuclear Power Industry
Nuclear energy is used for a variety of purposes. The most important are power generation, as a military weapon, ship propulsion, space travel, medical treatments, and the production of hydrogen for fuel cells. Nuclear science was developed during the first half of the twentieth century and this stage culminated with the nuclear bomb in 1945. […]
A Brief History of Nuclear Power
In 1965, ten years after Britain commissioned the world’s first commercial nuclear power station at Calder Hall in 1956, global consumption of nuclear energy reached six million tonnes oil equivalent (Mtoe), amounting to 0.15% of the world’s total energy consumption from all sources. This rose steadily to a peak of 637 Mtoe in 2006, 6.0% […]
Fukushima Nuclear Plant Suffers Contaminated Water Leak
NRG Expert, the energy market research company, has continued to track the ongoing challenges facing Japan in the aftermath of the 2011 tsunami and resulting nuclear meltdown. New evidence of a contaminated water leak may mean further difficulty and knock-on effects for other Japanese industries and policy worldwide. The latest of a series of radioactive […]
Kazakhstan Hopes to be Centre of Peaceful Nuclear Industry
As North Korea continues to voice threatening rhetoric regarding its nuclear weapons ambitions we at NRG Expert, the market research company, would like to highlight some progressive national policy: the peaceful nuclear industry ambitions of Kazakhstan. A nation that once held the 4th largest nuclear force in the world (inherited after the collapse of the […]
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The past few months have been particularly exciting at NRG Expert. To celebrate the release of our newest research product, the Global Power Plant Database, we’re taking the chance to review our latest product lineup. The Electrical Supply Industry World Guidebook The electrical supply industry is extremely complex and diverse. This NRG Expert guidebook outlines […]