Nuclear power decreased by 3.6% in OECD countries last year.

[bananas]

"Nuclear power plants provided 21.6% of the electricity generated in OECD countries, as compared to 22.9% in 2006."
"Total nuclear electricity production was 2172 TWh in 2007, about 3.6% less than the previous year."

http://www.iaea.org/NewsCenter/News/2008/npoecd.html

Mixed Picture for Nuclear Power in OECD Countries
Staff Report
17 July 2008

The picture is mixed for nuclear power in the world´s higher income countries, which collectively account for 85% of the world´s nuclear-generated electricity. While some countries produced record amounts of nuclear electricity last year, nuclear´s share of overall electricity production dipped slightly.

The update comes from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Nuclear Energy Agency (OECD/NEA) based in Paris, France. The latest figures are reported in the NEA´s Nuclear Energy Data for 2008:

Nuclear power plants provided 21.6% of the electricity generated in OECD countries, as compared to 22.9% in 2006. This was despite record production at nuclear power plants in Finland, Hungary and the United States, which did not offset reduced output in France, Germany and Japan and plant closures in the Slovak Republic and the United Kingdom. Total nuclear electricity production was 2172 TWh in 2007, about 3.6% less than the previous year.

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[NickB79]

1. I wonder what's replacing it

The article doesn't hint if it's renewables, nat. gas, or coal.

[madokie]

2. maybe conservation is part of it

I know that we've been keenly aware of every joule that we use these last few years. :-)