Nuclear power by country
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Thirty countries operate nuclear power stations, and there are a considerable number of new reactors being built in China, South Korea, India, Pakistan, and Russia.[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, Malta, Portugal, Israel, Malaysia, New Zealand, and Norway remain opposed to nuclear power.[4][6]
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[edit] Overview
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Of the thirty countries which operate nuclear power plants, only France uses them as its primary source of electricity, although many countries have a significant nuclear power generation capacity. Some nations have plans to start a nuclear power program; these include OECD members, such as Poland, and developing countries, such as Bangladesh and Vietnam.[7] China, South Korea and India are pursuing an ambitious expansion of their nuclear power capacities. China is aiming to increase nuclear power generation capacity to 200 GW by 2020. South Korea is constructing seven reactors with combined capacity of 8.6 GW, all of which will be operationalised by 2017. India's Nuclear power expansion program is the third largest in the world next only to China & South Korea. In India, seven reactors with a combined capacity of 5.3 GW are under construction.
| Country | Megawatt capacity | Nuclear share of electricity production |
|---|---|---|
 Argentina |
935 | 7.0% |
 Armenia |
376 | 45.0% |
 Belgium |
5,943 | 51.7% |
 Brazil |
1,901 | 3.0% |
 Bulgaria |
1,906 | 35.9% |
 Canada |
12,679 | 14.8% |
 China |
10,234 | 1.9% |
 Czech Republic |
3,686 | 33.8% |
 Finland |
2,721 | 32.9% |
 France |
63,236 | 75.2% |
 Germany |
20,339 | 26.1% |
 Hungary |
1,880 | 43.0% |
 India |
4,780 | 2.9% |
 Japan |
47,348 | 28.9% |
 Korea, South (ROK) |
18,716 | 31.1% |
 Mexico |
1,310 | 4.8% |
 Netherlands |
485 | 3.7% |
 Pakistan |
725 | 2.7% |
 Romania |
1,310 | 20.6% |
 Russia |
23,084 | 17.8% |
 Slovakia |
1,760 | 53.5% |
 Slovenia
and |
696 | 37.9% + 8.0% |
 South Africa |
1,800 | 4.8% |
 Spain |
7,448 | 17.5% |
 Sweden |
9,399 | 37.4% |
 Switzerland |
3,252 | 39.5% |
 Taiwan (ROC) |
4,927 | 20.7% |
 Ukraine |
13,168 | 48.6% |
 United Kingdom |
10,962 | 17.9% |
 United States |
101,229 | 20.2% |
| World | 378,910 | 14% |
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[edit] Nuclear power output in megawatts
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| Country/region | Operable | Suspended | Decommissioned | Shut down | Construction | Planned | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States |
97,603 | 3,603 | 2,340 | 6,675 | 3,704 | ||
| France |
61,443 | 600 | 40 | 2,623 | 1,600 | 1,600 | |
| Japan |
43,692 | 13 | |||||
| Germany |
20,844 | 4,936 | 1,358 | ||||
| Russia |
19,897 | 950 | 248 | 1,701 | 2,825 | 9,850 | 2,850 |
| South Korea |
18,716 | 8,600 | 5,600 | ||||
| Ukraine |
13,045 | 1,900 | 4,750 | ||||
| Canada |
12,728 | 1,364 | 2,665 | ||||
| United Kingdom |
10,306 | 5,452 | 466 | 5,232 | |||
| Sweden |
10,002 | ||||||
| Spain |
7,085 | 2,797 | 480 | 2,950 | |||
| Belgium |
5,712 | ||||||
| Taiwan |
4,884 | ||||||
| India |
4,780 [9] | 4,800 [10] | |||||
| Czech Republic[11] |
3,830 | 2,000 | |||||
| Bulgaria |
2,000 | ||||||
 Switzerland |
2,985 | 9 | |||||
 Lithuania |
2,760 | ||||||
| Finland |
2,520 | ||||||
| China |
2,100 | 3,100 | |||||
| South Africa |
1,840 | ||||||
| Hungary |
1,729 | ||||||
| Slovakia |
1,632 | 840 | 104 | 824 | |||
| Mexico |
1,308 | ||||||
| Argentina |
935 | 692 | |||||
| Pakistan |
725 | 300 | |||||
| Brazil |
626 | 1,229 | 1,229 | ||||
| Slovenia |
310 | ||||||
 Croatia |
310 | ||||||
| Romania |
620 | 620 | 620 | ||||
| Netherlands |
452 | 55 | |||||
| Armenia |
440 | 440 | |||||
 Kazakhstan |
135 | ||||||
 Cuba |
834 | ||||||
 Philippines |
605 | ||||||
 Italy |
1,423 |
[edit] List of nuclear reactors by country
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Only the commercial reactors registered with the International Atomic Energy Agency are listed below. If a country does not appear in this table, it means it has no nuclear power plants and no current plans to build them. Research reactors are not included in the list.
| Country | Operating | Under construction |
Planned | References and notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina |
2 | 1 | 2 | |
| Armenia |
1 | 0 | 1 | Replacement[12] |
 Bangladesh |
0 | 0 | 1 | [13] |
 Belarus |
0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Belgium |
7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brazil |
2 | 1 | 0 | [14] |
| Bulgaria |
2 | 0 | 2 | Four reactors were shut down in 2004 and 2007. |
| Canada |
18 | 2 | 4 | |
| China |
13 | 27 | 50 | 70 GWe by 2020(~5%)[15] |
| Croatia |
1 | 0 | 0 | The reactor is in Slovenia, but 50% is owned by Croatia |
| Czech Republic |
6 | 0 | 2 | |
 Egypt |
0 | 0 | 0 | As of 2012, after years of stop-start efforts, Egypt’s nuclear-energy ambitions are once again in flux. The El Dabaa plant has been targeted by protesters and as a result the site has been shut down.[16] |
| Finland |
4 | 1 | 0 | [17] |
| France |
58 | 1 | 1 | |
| Germany |
17 | 0 | 0 | Phase-out in place. |
| Hungary |
4 | 0 | 0 | |
| India |
20 | 4 | 20 | |
 Indonesia |
0 | 0 | 2 | |
 Sri Lanka |
0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Iran |
0 | 1 | 2 | The Bushehr reactor has been loaded with fuel, but is not connected to the grid yet.[18] |
| Japan |
55 | 2 | 12 | |
| Kazakhstan |
0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Korea, South (ROK) |
21 | 7 | 4 | |
| Mexico |
2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Netherlands |
1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pakistan |
3 | 1 | 2 | |
 Poland |
0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Romania |
2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Russia |
32 | 10 | 14 | |
| Slovakia |
4 | 2 | 0 | |
| Slovenia |
1 | 0 | 0 | |
| South Africa |
2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Spain |
8 | 0 | 0 | Stable[19] |
| Sweden |
10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Switzerland |
5 | 0 | 0 | Phase-out in place. |
| Taiwan (ROC) |
6 | 2 | 1 | |
 Thailand |
0 | 0 | 1 | As of 2012, the Thai Energy Ministry was drafting a plan that could see a nuclear facility go into operation in 2026.[20] |
 Turkey |
0 | 0 | 4 | To be built by Japan, Russia and South-Korea[21][22] |
| Ukraine |
15 | 0 | 2 | 2 new reactors by 2030[23][24] |
 United Arab Emirates |
0 | 0 | 4 | To be built by 2017 by S. Korean consortium?[25] |
| United Kingdom |
19 | 0 | 4 | |
| United States |
104 | 1 | 9 | |
 Vietnam |
0 | 0 | 4 | |
| World | 441 | 60 | 150 |
[edit] See also
- List of nuclear reactors
- Uranium reserves
- World Nuclear Industry Status Report
- Nuclear energy policy by country
- Nuclear power accidents by country
[edit] References
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- ^ "Fuel loading starts at Bushehr 1". World Nuclear News. 2010-08-23. http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/newsarticle.aspx?id=28276. Retrieved 2010-10-22.
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- ^ John Ruwitch (Feb 2, 2012). "Analysis: Southeast Asia goes slow on nuclear". Reuters. http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/02/us-asia-nuclear-idUSTRE8110HM20120202.
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