The world’s nuclear power plants generated a total of 2,653 TWh of energy in 2021, up 100 TWh from 2020. It was the third-highest total ever for global generation from nuclear, just 4 TWh short of the output in 2019 and 7 TWh less than the record set in 2006.
The results were reported by the World Nuclear Association (WNA) in its annual “World Nuclear Performance Report,” which was released on July 26. “In 2021, the world’s nuclear reactors bounced back from the economic downturn resulting from the COVID-19 global pandemic,” WNA Director General Sama Bilbao y León said in a video to roll out the report. “Every additional megawatt-hour of nuclear generation helps in the fight against climate change,” she added.
