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 […]
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% […]