Seven nuclear power reactors shut down worldwide in 2015, according to the latest data from the International Atomic Energy Agency, which also reported that 10 new reactors went online in the same span.
The IAEA data, last updated on Monday, lists seven permanent shutdowns: five Japanese reactors, one German reactor, and one Welsh reactor. The five Japanese plants shut down in April, while Germany shuttered its Grafenrheinfeld plant in June. Just last month, the United Kingdom announced the closure of its oldest nuclear plant, the 44-year-old Wylfa Nuclear Power Station in Anglesey, Wales.
The World Nuclear Association, which is also tracking the data, included an eighth shuttered reactor in its own list, Sweden’s Oskarshamn 2, which according to the organization is closed without plans to operate again.
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