A Brief History of Nuclear Power

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% […]