World Nuclear Power Reactors & Uranium Requirements Archive

Updated Monday, 23 May 2016

May 2007

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.

The WNA country profiles linked to this table cover both areas: near-term developments and the prospective long-term role for nuclear power in national energy policies. They also provide current details of what is tabulated here.

	NUCLEAR ELECTRICITY GENERATION 2006		REACTORS OPERABLE May 2007		REACTORS UNDER CONSTRUCTION May 2007		REACTORS PLANNED May 2007		REACTORS PROPOSED May 2007		URANIUM REQUIRED 2007
	billion kWh	% e	No.	MWe	No.	MWe	No.	MWe	No.	MWe	tonnes U
Argentina	7.2	6.9	2	935	1	692	0	0	1	700	135
Armenia	2.4	42	1	376	0	0	0	0	1	1000	51
Belgium	44.3	54	7	5728	0	0	0	0	0	0	1079
Brazil	13	3.3	2	1901	0	0	1	1245	4	4000	338
Bulgaria	18.1	44	2	1906	0	0	2	1900	0	0	255
Canada*	92.4	16	18	12595	2	1540	4	4000	0	0	1836
China	51.8	1.9	11	8587	4	3170	23	24500	54	42000	1454
Czech Republic	24.5	31	6	3472	0	0	0	0	2	1900	550
Egypt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	600	0
Finland	22	28	4	2696	1	1600	0	0	0	0	472
France	428.7	78	59	63473	0	0	1	1630	1	1600	10368
Germany	158.7	32	17	20303	0	0	0	0	0	0	3486
Hungary	12.5	38	4	1773	0	0	0	0	0	0	254
India	15.6	2.6	17	3779	6	2976	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	291.5	30	55	47577	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)	141.2	39	20	17533	1	950	7	8250	0	0	3037
Lithuania	8	69	1	1185	0	0	0	0	1	1000	134
Mexico	10.4	4.9	2	1310	0	0	0	0	2	2000	257
Netherlands	3.3	3.5	1	485	0	0	0	0	0	0	112
Pakistan	2.6	2.7	2	400	1	300	2	600	2	2000	64
Romania	5.2	9	1	655	1	655	0	0	3	1995	92
Russia	144.3	16	31	21743	5	2720	8	9600	18	21600	3777
Slovakia	16.6	57	5	2064	2	840	0	0	0	0	299
Slovenia	5.3	40	1	696	0	0	0	0	1	1000	145
South Africa	10.1	4.4	2	1842	0	0	1	165	24	4000	332
Spain	57.4	20	8	7442	0	0	0	0	0	0	1473
Sweden	65.1	48	10	9076	0	0	0	0	0	0	1468
Switzerland	26.4	37	5	3220	0	0	0	0	0	0	575
Turkey	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4500	0	0	0
Ukraine	84.8	48	15	13168	0	0	2	1900	20	21000	2,003
United Kingdom	69.2	18	19	10982	0	0	0	0	0	0	2,021
USA	787.2	19	103	98254	1	1155	2	2716	21	24000	20050
Vietnam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2000	0
WORLD**	2658	16	437	370,040	30	22,398	74	81,601	182	151,345	66,529
	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 31/05/07.

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 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 38.3 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.
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