World Nuclear Power Reactors & Uranium Requirements Archive
March 2008
This table of archived data includes only those future reactors envisaged in specific plans and proposals and expected to be operating by 2030 on the date specified above.
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| NUCLEAR ELECTRICITY GENERATION 2006 | REACTORS OPERABLE March 2008 | REACTORS UNDER CONSTRUCTION March 2008 | REACTORS PLANNED March 2008 | REACTORS PROPOSED March 2008 | URANIUM REQUIRED 2008 | ||||||
| billion kWh | % e | No. | MWe | No. | MWe | No. | MWe | No. | MWe | tonnes U | |
| Argentina | 7.2 | 6.9 | 2 | 935 | 1 | 692 | 1 | 740 | 1 | 740 | 123 |
| Armenia | 2.4 | 42 | 1 | 376 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1000 | 51 |
| Bangladesh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2000 | 0 |
| Belarus | 0 | 0 | Jan-00 | 0 | Jan-00 | 0 | Jan-00 | 2000 | Jan-00 | 0 | 0 |
| Belgium | 44.3 | 54 | 7 | 5728 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1011 |
| Brazil | 13 | 3.3 | 2 | 1901 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1245 | 4 | 4000 | 303 |
| Bulgaria | 18.1 | 44 | 2 | 1906 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1900 | 0 | 0 | 261 |
| Canada* | 92.4 | 16 | 18 | 12652 | 2 | 1500 | 3 | 3500 | 5 | 5100 | 1665 |
| China | 51.8 | 1.9 | 11 | 8587 | 6 | 5540 | 29 | 31000 | 86 | 68000 | 1396 |
| Czech Republic | 24.5 | 31 | 6 | 3472 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1900 | 619 |
| Egypt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1000 | 0 |
| Finland | 22 | 28 | 4 | 2696 | 1 | 1600 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1000 | 1051 |
| France | 428.7 | 78 | 59 | 63473 | 1 | 1630 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1600 | 10527 |
| Germany | 158.7 | 32 | 17 | 20339 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3332 |
| Hungary | 12.5 | 38 | 4 | 1826 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2000 | 271 |
| India | 15.6 | 2.6 | 17 | 3779 | 6 | 2976 | 10 | 8560 | 9 | 4800 | 978 |
| Indonesia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Iran | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 915 | 2 | 1900 | 1 | 300 | 143 |
| Israel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1200 | 0 |
| Japan | 291.5 | 30 | 55 | 47577 | 2 | 2285 | 11 | 14945 | 1 | 1100 | 7569 |
| 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) | 141.2 | 39 | 20 | 17533 | 3 | 3000 | 5 | 6600 | 0 | 0 | 3109 |
| Lithuania | 8 | 69 | 1 | 1185 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3200 | 225 |
| Mexico | 10.4 | 4.9 | 2 | 1310 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2000 | 246 |
| Netherlands | 3.3 | 3.5 | 1 | 485 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98 |
| Pakistan | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2 | 400 | 1 | 300 | 2 | 600 | 2 | 2000 | 65 |
| Romania | 5.2 | 9 | 2 | 1310 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1310 | 1 | 655 | 174 |
| Russia | 144.3 | 16 | 31 | 21743 | 7 | 4920 | 8 | 9600 | 20 | 18200 | 3365 |
| Slovakia | 16.6 | 57 | 5 | 2064 | 2 | 840 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 313 |
| Slovenia | 5.3 | 40 | 1 | 696 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1000 | 141 |
| South Africa | 10.1 | 4.4 | 2 | 1842 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 165 | 24 | 4000 | 303 |
| Spain | 57.4 | 20 | 8 | 7442 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1398 |
| Sweden | 65.1 | 48 | 10 | 9016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1418 |
| Switzerland | 26.4 | 37 | 5 | 3220 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4000 | 537 |
| Thailand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4000 | 0 |
| Turkey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4500 | 0 |
| Ukraine | 84.8 | 48 | 15 | 13168 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1900 | 20 | 27000 | 1974 |
| United Kingdom | 69.2 | 18 | 19 | 11035 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2199 |
| USA | 787.2 | 19 | 104 | 99049 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10180 | 25 | 32,000 | 18918 |
| Vietnam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2,000 | 0 |
| WORLD** | 2658 | 16 | 439 | 371,989 | 35 | 28,798 | 91 | 99,095 | 228 | 198,995 | 64,615 |
| billion kWh | % e | No. | MWe | No. | MWe | No. | MWe | No. | MWe | tonnes U | |
| NUCLEAR ELECTRICITY GENERATION 2006 | REACTORS OPERATING | REACTORS BUILDING | ON ORDER or PLANNED | PROPOSED | URANIUM REQUIRED | ||||||
Sources:
Reactor data: WNA to 20/03/08.
IAEA - for nuclear electricity production & percentage of electricity (% e) 5/07.
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, funding or major commitment in place, mostly expected in operation within 8 years, or construction well advanced but suspended indefinitely;
Proposed = clear intention or proposal but still without firm commitment. Planned and Proposed are generally gross MWe;
TWh = Terawatt-hours (billion kilowatt-hours), MWe = Megawatt net (electrical as distinct from thermal), kWh = kilowatt-hour.
64,615 tU = 76,200 t U3O8
* In Canada, 'construction' figure is 2 laid-up Bruce A reactors.
** The world total includes 6 reactors operating on Taiwan with a combined capacity of 4884 MWe, which generated a total of 38.3 billion kWh in 2006 (accounting for 20% of Taiwan's total electricity generation). Taiwan has two reactors under construction with a combined capacity of 2600 MWe.
Note: This table is routinely updated approximately every two months, and more frequently as required.
Earlier tables: January 2008 December 2007 October 2007 September 2007 August 2007 July 2007 May 2007 March 2007 January 2007
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