Country profile: Austria
Summary figures for 2011
The following information is from the NEA publication Nuclear Energy Data, the annual compilation of official statistics and country reports on nuclear energy in OECD member countries.
| Country | Number of nuclear power plants connected to the grid |
Nuclear electricity generation (net TWh) 2011 |
Nuclear percentage of total electricity supply |
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| Austria | 0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
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| OECD Europe | 135 |
858.4 |
24.7 |
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| Total | 329 |
2049.5 |
20.7 |
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Country report
Austria does not consider nuclear power as compatible with the concept of sustainable development. In the Austrian view, reliance on nuclear power is neither a viable nor a cost-efficient option to combat the greenhouse effect. In legal terms, nuclear power has been banned in Austria since late 1978. In 1999, this ban became part of constitutional legislation (Federal Constitutional Act "Atomfreies Österreich", Federal Law Gazette 149/1999).
Unfortunately the Austrian position regarding nuclear power has been underlined by the catastrophe of Fukushima Daiichi. The Austrian government will continue to pursue an active policy in this regard.
Source: Nuclear Energy Data 2012
Web links
- Austrian Academy of Sciences
- Austrian Research Centre, Seibersdorf
- Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts (BMWFK)
- University of Technology
- University of Vienna
Last reviewed: 7 October 2012
