Nuclear power by country
Operating reactors, building new reactors Operating reactors, planning new build No reactors, building new reactors No reactors, planning new build | Operating reactors, stable Operating but may phase-out Civil nuclear power is illegal No reactors |
Nuclear power plants operate in 32 countries and generate about a tenth of the world's electricity.[2] Most are in Europe, North America and East Asia. The United States is the largest producer of nuclear power, while France has the largest share of electricity generated by nuclear power, at about 70%.[3]
Some countries operated nuclear reactors in the past but have no operating nuclear power plants at present. Among them,
Sweden and Belgium originally had phase-out policies however they have now moved away from their original plans. The Philippines relaunched their nuclear programme on February 28, 2022 and may try to operate the 1984 mothballed Bataan Plant.[5][6]
As of 2020, Poland was in advanced planning phase for 1.5 GW and planned to have up to 9 GW by 2040.[7] Hong Kong has no nuclear power plants within its boundary, but imports 80% of the electricity generated from
Overview
Of the 32 countries in which nuclear power plants operate, only
Country | Reactors | Capacity (MW) |
Generation ( GWh )
|
% total |
Capacity factor |
||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
In use |
Being built | ||||||
World | 401 | 57 | 361,155 | 2,486,834 | — | 79% | |
Argentina | 3 | 1 | 1,641 | 7,470 | 5.4% | 52% | |
Armenia
|
1 | 0 | 416 | 2,631 | 31.0% | 72% | |
Bangladesh | 0 | 2 | 2,000 | — | — | — | |
Belarus
|
1 | 1 | 1,110 | 4,411 | 11.9% | 45% | |
Belgium | 7 | 0 | 5,942 | 41,744 | 46.4% | 80% | [a] |
Brazil
|
2 | 1 | 1,884 | 13,745 | 2.5% | 83% | |
Bulgaria | 2 | 0 | 2,006 | 15,784 | 32.6% | 90% | |
Canada | 19 | 0 | 13,624 | 81,718 | 12.9% | 68% | |
China | 54 | 21 | 52,181 | 395,354 | 5.0% | 86% | |
Czech Republic | 6 | 0 | 3,934 | 29,310 | 36.7% | 85% | |
Egypt
|
0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | |
Finland | 5 | 0 | 4,394 | 24,242 | 35.0% | 63% | |
France | 56 | 1 | 61,370 | 282,093 | 62.6% | 52% | |
Hungary | 4 | 0 | 1,916 | 14,954 | 47.0% | 89% | |
India | 19 | 8 | 6,290 | 41,972 | 3.1% | 76% | |
Iran
|
1 | 2 | 915 | 6,009 | 1.7% | 75% | |
Japan | 33 | 2 | 31,679 | 51,908 | 6.1% | 19% | [b] |
Mexico
|
2 | 0 | 1,552 | 10,539 | 4.5% | 78% | |
Netherlands
|
1 | 0 | 482 | 3,931 | 3.3% | 93% | |
Pakistan | 6 | 1 | 3,262 | 22,219 | 16.2% | 78% | |
Romania | 2 | 0 | 1,300 | 10,222 | 19.4% | 90% | |
Russia | 37 | 6 | 27,727 | 209,517 | 19.6% | 86% | |
Slovakia | 5 | 1 | 2,308 | 14,830 | 59.2% | 73% | |
Slovenia
|
1 | 0 | 688 | 5,311 | 42.8% | 88% | [c] |
South Africa | 2 | 0 | 1,854 | 10,124 | 4.9% | 62% | |
South Korea | 25 | 3 | 24,489 | 167,514 | 30.4% | 78% | |
Spain | 7 | 0 | 7,123 | 56,150 | 20.3% | 90% | [d] |
Sweden | 6 | 0 | 6,937 | 50,018 | 29.4% | 82% | |
Switzerland | 4 | 0 | 2,973 | 23,180 | 36.4% | 89% | [e] |
Taiwan | 3 | 0 | 2,859 | 22,917 | 9.1% | 92% | |
Turkey | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | |
Ukraine | 15 | 2 | 13,107 | 81,126 | 55.0% | 71% | [f] |
United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1 | 4,011 | 19,300 | 6.8% | 55% | |
United Kingdom | 12 | 2 | 7,343 | 43,605 | 14.2% | 68% | |
United States | 93 | 1 | 95,523 | 772,221 | 18.2% | 92% |
See also
- List of commercial nuclear reactors
- List of nuclear power stations
- Nuclear energy policy by country
- List of nuclear power accidents by country
- List of countries by uranium reserves
- World Nuclear Industry Status Report
- Nuclear industry in Canada
Notes
- ^ Phase-out postponed
- ^ Many reactors stopped
- ^ One reactor (Krško Nuclear Power Plant) located within Slovenia is co-owned by and shared between Croatia and Slovenia.
- ^ Phase-out planned
- ^ Gradual phase-out planned
- ^ From 2021 before the Russian invasion
References
- ^ "Operational & Long-Term Shutdown Reactors". IAEA. 13 April 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
- ^ a b c "Nuclear Share of Electricity Generation in 2022". IAEA. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
- ^ "Nuclear Power in France | French Nuclear Energy - World Nuclear Association". www.world-nuclear.org. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
- ^ "Kazakhstan chooses site for second NPP". Nuclear Engineering International. 9 August 2022.
- ^ "Philippines relaunches nuclear energy programme : Nuclear Policies - World Nuclear News".
- ^ "Sweden Reverses Nuclear Phase-out Policy".
- ^ Wilczek, Maria (16 June 2020). "Construction of Poland's first nuclear power plant to begin in 2026". Notes From Poland. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
- ^ "Hong Kong fallout from China's reckless nuclear ambitions".
- ^ "CLP to increase nuclear power imports 10pc".
- ^ "Iraq hopes to build 8 nuclear power reactors by 2030". Brecorder. 15 June 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- ISBN 978-92-0-114820-9.
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