Energy, Electricity and Nuclear Power Estimates for the Perio... - 9789201234247

Energy, Electricity and Nuclear Power Estimates for the Period Up to 20502024 Edition\nAuthor(s): IAEA\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: IAEA, Austria\nImprint: IAEA\nISBN-13: 9789201234247, 978-9201234247\nSynopsis\nThe 44th edition of Reference Data Series No. 1 (RDS-1) contains estimates of energy, electricity, and nuclear power trends up to the year 2050. The publication is organized into world and regional subsections with low and high case projections for nuclear capacity and starts with a summary of the status of nuclear power in IAEA Member States as of the end of 2023 based on the latest statistical data collected by the IAEA's Power Reactor Information System (PRIS). Relative to a global nuclear operational capacity of 372 GW(e) at the end of 2023, the low case projects an increase of about 40% to 514 GW(e) by 2050. In the high case, world nuclear capacity is projected to increase to [url] times the current capacity, reaching 950 GW(e) by 2050. Enabling factors would be neces.