World Nuclear Power Reactors & Uranium Requirements Archive

March 2007

Note: This is an archived table. The latest version is available here.

	NUCLEAR ELECTRICITY GENERATION 2005		REACTORS OPERABLE Mar 2007		REACTORS under CONSTRUCTION Mar 2007		REACTORS PLANNED Mar 2007		REACTORS PROPOSED Mar 2007		URANIUM REQUIRED 2007
	billion kWh	% e	No.	MWe	No.	MWe	No.	MWe	No.	MWe	tonnes U
Argentina	6.4	6.9	2	935	1	692	0	0	1	700	135
Armenia	2.5	43	1	376	0	0	0	0	1	1000	51
Belgium	45.3	56	7	5728	0	0	0	0	0	0	1079
Brazil	9.9	2.5	2	1901	0	0	1	1245	4	4000	338
Bulgaria	17.3	44	2	1906	0	0	2	1900	0	0	255
Canada*	86.8	15	18	12595	2	1540	4	4000	0	0	1836
China	50.3	2	10	7587	5	4170	13	12920	50	35880	1454
Czech Republic	23.3	31	6	3472	0	0	0	0	2	1900	550
Egypt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	600	0
Finland	22.3	33	4	2696	1	1600	0	0	0	0	472
France	430.9	79	59	63473	0	0	1	1630	1	1600	10368
Germany	154.6	31	17	20303	0	0	0	0	0	0	3486
Hungary	13	37	4	1773	0	0	0	0	0	0	254
India	15.7	2.8	16	3577	7	3178	4	2800	15	11100	491
Indonesia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4000	0
Iran	0	0	0	0	1	915	2	1900	3	2850	143
Israel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1200	0
Japan	280.7	29	55	47700	2	2285	11	14945	1	1100	8872
Kazakhstan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	300	0
Korea DPR (North)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	950	0	0	0
Korea RO (South)	139.3	45	20	17533	1	950	7	8250	0	0	3037
Lithuania	10.3	70	1	1185	0	0	0	0	1	1000	134
Mexico	10.8	5	2	1310	0	0	0	0	2	2000	257
Netherlands	3.8	3.9	1	485	0	0	0	0	0	0	112
Pakistan	1.9	2.8	2	400	1	300	2	600	2	2000	64
Romania	5.1	8.6	1	655	1	655	0	0	3	1995	92
Russia	137.3	16	31	21743	3	2650	8	9600	18	21600	3777
Slovakia	16.3	56	5	2064	0	0	2	840	0	0	299
Slovenia	5.6	42	1	696	0	0	0	0	1	1000	145
South Africa	12.2	5.5	2	1842	0	0	1	165	24	4000	332
Spain	54.7	20	8	7442	0	0	0	0	0	0	1473
Sweden	69.5	45	10	9058	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,468
Switzerland	22.1	32	5	3220	0	0	0	0	0	0	575
Turkey	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4500	0	0	0
Ukraine	83.3	49	15	13168	0	0	2	1900	0	0	2003
United Kingdom	75.2	20	19	10,982	0	0	0	0	0	0	2,021
USA	780.5	19	103	98254	1	1200	2	2716	21	24,000	20050
Vietnam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2,000	0
WORLD**	2626	16	435	368,943	28	22,735	66	70,861	158	124,225	66,529
	billion kWh	% e	No.	MWe	No.	MWe	No.	MWe	No.	MWe	tonnes U
	NUCLEAR ELECTRICITY GENERATION 2005		REACTORS OPERATING		REACTORS BUILDING		ON ORDER or PLANNED		PROPOSED		URANIUM REQUIRED

Sources: 
Reactor data: WNA to 26/03/07.
IAEA - for nuclear electricity production & percentage of electricity (% e) 5/06.
WNA: Global Nuclear Fuel Market (reference scenario) - for U.

Operating = Connected to the grid.
Building/Construction = first concrete for reactor poured, or major refurbishment under way.
Planned = Approvals and funding in place, or construction well advanced but suspended indefinitely.
Proposed = clear intention but still without funding and/or approvals.
TWh = Terawatt-hours (billion kilowatt-hours), MWe = Megawatt net (electrical as distinct from thermal), kWh = kilowatt-hour.

NB: 66,529 tU = 78,458 t U₃O₈

* In Canada, 'construction' figure is 2 laid-up Bruce A reactors.

** The world total includes 6 reactors on Taiwan with a combined capacity of 4884 MWe, which generated a total of 38.4 billion kWh in 2005 (accounting for 20% of Taiwan's total electricity generation). Taiwan has two reactors under construction with a combined capacity of 2600 MWe.

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