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Present Sources of Energy

Nuclear power plant in Germany

Nuclear power plant in Germany

Nuclear (fission) power stations, excluding the contribution from naval nuclear fission reactors, provided about 5.7% of the world's energy and 13% of the world's electricity in 2012.

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