There were 236 nuclear reactors around the world that were 35 years old or over as of December 31, 2022. This represented more than half of the number of operational nuclear reactors worldwide. At the time, 16 reactors worldwide were at least 50 years old.
Number of nuclear reactors in operation worldwide as of December 2022, by age
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