The annual World Nuclear Industry Status Report (WNISR) provides a comprehensive overview of nuclear power plant data, including information on operation, production, construction, and decommissioning. It assesses the status of newbuild programs in existing as well as in potential newcomer nuclear countries. The report also compares the development of nuclear power and renewable energy globally.
This event provided an overview of the 2024 report. (Simultaneous Japanese-English interpretation will be provided.)
Program *Simultaneous Japanese-English interpretation provided.
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[Chair] Tina Burrett Director, Institute of Comparative Culture PresentationDL Panel Discussion |
Event Details
| Date / Time | Friday, 15 November 2024 / 11:00–13:00 |
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| Venue | Sophia University Yotsuya Campus, Building 2, 17th Floor, Room 1702 |
| Organizer | Sophia University, Institute of Comparative Culture |
| Co-organizers | Renewable Energy Institute, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, and Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung |
| Admission | Free (prior registration required, first come first served) |
About WNISR 2024
The World Nuclear Industry Status Report (WNISR) 2024 includes special focus chapters on Nuclear Power vs. Renewable Energy Deployment and Power Firming and Competitive Pressure on Nuclear Energy assesses how solar/wind + storage put increasing competitive pressures on the nuclear sector. Further focus chapters include an overview of Small Modular Reactor (SMR) developments; an analysis of Russia Dependencies of the global nuclear sector with a case study of Russian designed fuel assembly manufacturing; an analysis of the Militarization of Civil Power Plants based on the case study of tritium production for weapons in the U.S. and its significance for France; and an assessment of Civil-Military Cross-Financing in the U.K. Nuclear Sector discussing how tax- and rate-payers unknowingly subsidize the civil and military nuclear establishments. The Fukushima Status Report provides an overview of ongoing onsite/offsite challenges of the 2011-disaster. The Decommissioning Status Report looks at the current situation of the now over 200 closed nuclear power reactors.
