Nuclear power by country

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The Cattenom Nuclear Power Plant in France. France produces around three quarters of its electricity by nuclear power.[1]
The Grafenrheinfeld Nuclear Power Plant in Germany. Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition announced on May 30, 2011, that Germany’s 17 nuclear power stations will be shut down by 2022, in a policy reversal following Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.[2]

Currently, 68 reactors are under construction in 15 countries.

Nuclear power stations operate in thirty countries. In 2010, before the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, it was reported that an average of about 10 nuclear reactors were expected to become operational per year, although according to the World Nuclear Association, of the 17 civilian reactors planned to become operational between 2007 and 2009, only five actually came on stream.[3] As of June 2011, Germany and Switzerland are phasing-out nuclear power.[4][5]

As of June 2011, countries such as Australia, Austria, Denmark, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, New Zealand, Norway and Portugal remain opposed to nuclear power.[4][6]

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Of the thirty countries in which nuclear power plants operate, only France, Belgium and Slovakia use them as the primary source of electricity, although many other countries have a significant nuclear power generation capacity.[citation needed] According to the World Nuclear Association, a nuclear power advocacy group, over 45 countries are giving "serious consideration" to introducing a nuclear power capability, with Iran, the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Vietnam, Belarus, and Jordan at the forefront.[7] China, South Korea and India are pursuing ambitious expansions of their nuclear power capacities, with China aiming to increase capacity to at least 60 GWe by 2020, 200 GWe by 2030 and 400 GWe by 2050.[8] South Korea plans to expand its nuclear capacity from 20.7 GWe in 2012 to 27.3 GWe in 2020 and to 43 GWe by 2030.[9] India aims to have 14.6 GWe nuclear power generation capacity by 2020 and 63 GWe by 2032 and to have 25% of all electricity supplied by nuclear power by 2050.[10]

Temporal development of the usage of nuclear energy for generating electricity.
(Power capacity of all newly installed nuclear plants [continuous border] and of all destroyed or permanently shut-down nuclear plants [dotted border] – separated by year and countries. The legend gives the ISO 3166-1 codes of the countries. Source:[11])
The status of nuclear power globally:
  Operating reactors, building new reactors
  Operating reactors, planning new build
  No reactors, building new reactors
  No reactors, planning new build
  Operating reactors, stable
  Operating reactors, considering phase-out
  Civil nuclear power is illegal
  No reactors
Nations based on nuclear output as a percentage of national power output.
Rank Country Capacity (MW)
(2010)		 Nuclear share of
electricity production[12]
1 United States United States 101,576 19.3%
2 France France 63,130 77.7%
3 Japan Japan 46,934 18.1%
4 Russia Russia 23,643 17.6%
5 South Korea South Korea 18,751 34.6%
6 Germany Germany 20,490 17.8%
7 Ukraine Ukraine 13,107 47.2%
8 Canada Canada 12,604 15.3%
9 China China 11,816 1.8%
10 United Kingdom United Kingdom 10,170 17.7%
11 Sweden Sweden 9,326 39.6%
12 Spain Spain 7,567 19.5%
13 Belgium Belgium 5,927 54.0%
14 Taiwan Taiwan 5,018 19.0%
15 India India 4,391 3.7%
16 Czech Republic Czech Republic 3,763 33.0%
17 Switzerland Switzerland 3,263 40.8%
18 Finland Finland 2,736 31.6%
19 Bulgaria Bulgaria 1,906 32.6%
20 Hungary Hungary 1,889 43.2%
21 Brazil Brazil 1,884 3.2%
22 South Africa South Africa 1,830 5.2%
23 Slovakia Slovakia 1,816 54.0%
24 Mexico Mexico 1,300 3.6%
24 Romania Romania 1,300 19.0%
26 Argentina Argentina 935 5.0%
27 Iran Iran 915 0.0%
28 Pakistan Pakistan 725 3.8%
29 Slovenia Slovenia 688 41.7%
30 Netherlands Netherlands 482 3.6%
31 Armenia Armenia 375 33.2%
World 380,257

References:[11]

List of nuclear reactors by country [edit]

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Only the commercial reactors registered with the International Atomic Energy Agency are listed below.

Country Operating Under
construction		 References and notes
Argentina Argentina 2 1
Armenia Armenia 1 0 Replacement[13]
Belgium Belgium 7 0
Brazil Brazil 2 1 [14]
Bulgaria Bulgaria 2 0[15] Four reactors were shut down in 2004 and 2007. Belene Nuclear Power Plant construction was officially terminated in March 2012.[15]
Canada Canada 19 0
China China 18 28 70 GWe by 2020(~5%)[16]
Czech Republic Czech Republic 6 0
Finland Finland 4 1 As of 2012, TVO is planning new reactor to be build and operational by 2020.[17]
France France 58 1
Germany Germany 9 0 Phase-out in place.
Hungary Hungary 4 0
India India 20 7
 Iran 1 0 The first reactor of Bushehr Plant has power generation capacity of 915 MW[18]
Japan Japan 2 (50)* 0 (2)* After the March 2011 Fukushima disaster, Japan shut down all of its 54 nuclear reactors, but has since restarted two reactors, despite strong public opposition.[19] Japan announced its intention to phase out nuclear power by 2030,[20][21] but did not halt the construction of seven new reactors.[22]
Mexico Mexico 2 0
Netherlands Netherlands 1 0
Pakistan Pakistan 3 2
Romania Romania 2 0
Russia Russia 33 11
Slovakia Slovakia 4 2
Slovenia Slovenia 1 0
South Africa South Africa 2 0 [23][24]
South Korea South Korea 23 4
Spain Spain 8 0 Stable[25]
Sweden Sweden 10 0
Switzerland Switzerland 5 0 Phase-out in place.[26]
Taiwan Taiwan 6 2
Ukraine Ukraine 15 2 2 new reactors by 2030[27][28]
United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 0 1 To be built by 2017 by S. Korean consortium?[29]
United Kingdom United Kingdom 16 0
United States United States 103 3
World 437 68

References:[1][11]

See also [edit]

References [edit]

  1. ^ a b "World Nuclear Power Reactors & Uranium Requirements". World Nuclear Association. 2010-10-01. Retrieved 2010-10-23. 
  2. ^ Annika Breidthardt (May 30, 2011). "German government wants nuclear exit by 2022 at latest". Reuters. 
  3. ^ Michael Dittmar. Taking stock of nuclear renaissance that never was Sydney Morning Herald, August 18, 2010.
  4. ^ a b Duroyan Fertl (June 5, 2011). "Germany: Nuclear power to be phased out by 2022". Green Left. 
  5. ^ James Kanter (May 25, 2011). "Switzerland Decides on Nuclear Phase-Out". New York Times. 
  6. ^ "Nuclear power: When the steam clears". The Economist. March 24, 2011. 
  7. ^ "Emerging Nuclear Energy Countries". World Nuclear Association. April, 2013. Retrieved 2013-04-14. 
  8. ^ "China Nuclear Power". World Nuclear Association. April, 2013. Retrieved 2013-04-14. 
  9. ^ "Nuclear Power in South Korea". World Nuclear Association. February, 2013. Retrieved 2013-04-14. 
  10. ^ "Nuclear Power in India". World Nuclear Association. 2013-04-10. Retrieved 2013-04-14. 
  11. ^ a b c "Operational & Long-Term Shutdown Reactors". IAEA. 2013-04-13. Retrieved 2013-04-14. 
  12. ^ "Nuclear Share of Electricity Generation in 2011". IAEA. 203-04-13. Retrieved 2013-04-14. 
  13. ^ "USA supports new nuclear build in Armenia". World Nuclear News. 2007-11-23. Retrieved 2007-11-25. 
  14. ^ Agência Estado (12-09-2008). "Lobão diz que país fará uma usina nuclear por ano em 50 anos" (in Portuguese). G1.globo.com. Retrieved 2008-10-15. 
  15. ^ a b Bulgaria quits Belene Nuclear Power Plant project, Novinite, 28 March 2012
  16. ^ "Nuclear Power in China". World Nuclear Association. September 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-22. 
  17. ^ "Kolme uutta reaktoria, Jees!". Tekniikka ja talous. 2009-10-15. Retrieved 2009-12-03. 
  18. ^ F_405. "Iran's Bushehr nuke power plant at full capacity from May 23: Russian contractor - People's Daily Online". English.peopledaily.com.cn. Retrieved 2013-01-28. 
  19. ^ Gerhardt, Tina (22 July 2012). "Japan's People Say NO to Nuclear Energy". Alternet. 
  20. ^ [1][dead link]
  21. ^ Chico Harlan (2012-09-13). "Reports: Japan plans for nuclear phaseout by 2030s". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2013-01-28. 
  22. ^ "Japan offers vague, weak nuclear exit by 2040 that could have reactors chugging decades beyond deadline". Bellona. Retrieved 2013-01-28. 
  23. ^ "S.Africa wants nuclear contracts to stay at home". Reuters. Retrieved 2013-01-28. 
  24. ^ "South Africa's nightmare nuclear bill | In The Paper | Mail & Guardian". Mg.co.za. Retrieved 2013-01-28. 
  25. ^ Nuclear power in Spain, World Nuclear Association, URL accessed 13 June 2006
  26. ^ Associated Press. "Swiss Nuclear Power Plan Moves Toward Phase-Out Of Reactors". Huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2013-01-28. 
  27. ^ "BBC NEWS | Politics | New nuclear plants get go-ahead". News.bbc.co.uk. Last Updated:. Retrieved 2008-10-15. 
  28. ^ "Nuclear Power in Ukraine". World Nuclear Association. August 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-22. 
  29. ^ "Saudi readies nuclear energy agreement with France". Af.reuters.com. 2010-07-05. Retrieved 2011-03-13. 

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