World Nuclear Power Reactors & Uranium Requirements Archive

December 2011

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

COUNTRY	NUCLEAR ELECTRICITY GENERATION 2010		REACTORS OPERABLE		REACTORS UNDER CONSTRUCTION		REACTORS PLANNED		REACTORS PROPOSED		URANIUM REQUIRED 2011
			December 2011		December 2011		Dec 2011		Dec 2011
Country Profile)	billion kWh	% e	No.	MWe net	No.	MWe gross	No.	MWe gross	No.	MWe gross	tonnes U
Argentina	6.7	5.9	2	935	1	745	2	773	1	740	208
Armenia	2.3	39.4	1	376	0	0	1	1060			63
Bangladesh	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2000	0	0	0
Belarus	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2000	2	2000	0
Belgium	45.7	51.2	7	5943	0	0	0	0	0	0	995
Brazil	13.9	3.1	2	1901	1	1405	0	0	4	4000	318
Bulgaria	14.2	33.1	2	1906	0	0	2	1900	0	0	309
Canada	85.5	15.1	17	12044	3	2190	3	3300	3	3800	1845
Chile	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4400	0
China	71.0	1.8	15	11881	26	27640	51	57480	120	123000	4079
Czech Republic	26.4	33.2	6	3722	0	0	2	2400	1	1200	591
Egypt	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1000	1	1000	0
Finland	21.9	28.4	4	2741	1	1700	0	0	2	3000	1152
France	410.1	74.1	58	63130	1	1720	1	1720	1	1100	9254
Germany	133.0	28.4	9	12003	0	0	0	0	0	0	1934
Hungary	14.7	42.1	4	1880	0	0	0	0	2	2200	331
India	20.5	2.9	20	4385	6	4600	17	15000	40	49000	1305
Indonesia	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2000	4	4000	0
Iran	0	0	1	915	0	0	2	2000	1	300	168
Israel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1200	0
Italy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	17000	0
Japan	280.3	29.2	51	44642	2	2756	10	13772	5	6760	2805
Jordan	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1000			0
Kazakhstan	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	600	2	600	0
Korea DPR (North)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	950	0
Korea RO (South)	141.9	32.2	21	18785	5	5800	6	8400	0	0	4029
Lithuania	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1350	0	0	0
Malaysia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2000	0
Mexico	5.6	3.6	2	1600	0	0	0	0	2	2000	285
Netherlands	3.75	3.4	1	485	0	0	0	0	1	1000	102
Pakistan	2.6	2.6	3	725	1	340	1	340	2	2000	113
Poland	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	6000	0	0	0
Romania	10.7	19.5	2	1310	0	0	2	1310	1	655	175
Russia	159.4	17.1	32	23084	10	8960	14	16000	30	28000	4912
Saudi Arabia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	20000	0
Slovakia	13.5	51.8	4	1816	2	880	0	0	1	1200	299
Slovenia	5.4	37.3	1	696	0	0	0	0	1	1000	137
South Africa	12.9	5.2	2	1800	0	0	0	0	6	9600	304
Spain	59.3	20.1	8	7448	0	0	0	0	0	0	1379
Sweden	55.7	38.1	10	9399	0	0	0	0	0	0	1366
Switzerland	25.3	38.0	5	3252	0	0	0	0	3	4000	527
Thailand	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5000	0
Turkey	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4800	4	5600	0
Ukraine	83.95	48.1	15	13168	0	0	2	1900	11	12000	2288
UAE	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5600	10	14400	0
United Kingdom	56.9	15.7	18	10745	0	0	4	6680	9	12000	2093
USA	807.1	19.6	104	101433	1	1218	7	8640	27	37400	18376
Vietnam	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4000	6	6700	0
WORLD**	2630	13.8	433	369,077	62	62,654	156	173,025	343	392,155	62,552

 Sources:  

Operable = Connected to the grid;
Under Construction = first concrete for reactor poured, or major refurbishment under way;
Planned = Approvals, funding or major commitment in place, mostly expected in operation within 8-10 years;
Proposed = Specific program or site proposals, expected operation mostly within 15 years.  

New plants coming on line are largely balanced by old plants being retired. Over 1996-2009, 43 reactors were retired as 49 started operation. There are no firm projections for retirements over the period covered by this Table, but WNA estimates that at least 60 of those now operating will close by 2030, most being small plants. The 2011 WNA Market Report reference case has 156 reactors closing by 2030, and 298 new ones coming on line.

TWh = Terawatt-hours (billion kilowatt-hours), MWe = Megawatt (electrical as distinct from thermal), kWh = kilowatt-hour.

67,990 tU = 80,181 t U₃O₈

** The world total includes 6 reactors operating on Taiwan with a combined capacity of 4927 MWe, which generated a total of 40.4 billion kWh in 2011 (accounting for 19.0% of Taiwan's total electricity generation). Taiwan has two reactors under construction with a combined capacity of 2700 MWe, and one proposed, 1350 MWe.  It is expected to require 1291 tU in 2012.

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