Ten Years After Fukushima-Daiichi NPP Severe Accident Current Status of the World Nuclear-Power Industry

Abstract

Ten years have passed after the Fukushima-Daiichi NPP severe accident, which was the second largest one in the world after the Chernobyl NPP disaster in April of 1986. The latter had very significant impact on the world nuclear-power industry, which we can see even today. However, the Fukushima-Daiichi NPP severe accident had very significant impact on nuclear-power industry in Japan and selected countries, but the world nuclear-power industry started to recover after the Chernobyl NPP severe accident somewhere from 2010. In spite of that, electricity generation at NPPs in the world has declined from ~14% before the Fukushima-Daiichi NPP severe accident to about 10% nowadays. Therefore, it is important to evaluate current status of nuclear-power industry in the world with that before the Fukushima-Daiichi NPP severe accident and to understand future trends.