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Finland has five operating nuclear reactors. Provisions for radioactive waste disposal are well-advanced.

Tajikistan is mineral-rich and has some uranium deposits. It has substantial issues with legacy waste from past uranium mining and milling as a regional centre.

Mexico has two nuclear reactors generating almost 4% of its electricity. Its first commercial nuclear power reactor began operating in 1989.

Sweden's nuclear power reactors provide about 40% of its electricity. In 1980, the government decided to phase out nuclear power but this policy was repealed in June 2010. In 2015 decisions were made to close four older reactors by 2020, removing 2.8 GWe net.

Nuclear power was at the heart of French President Emmanuel Macron's France 2030 plan for re-industrialisation

Nuclear Power in the USA Appendix 2: Power Plant Purchases, Mergers and Management Rationalisation

Most of the current fleet of reactors in the UK is due to retire by 2028. Construction has commenced on the first of a new generation of plants.

The USA has 93 operable reactors with the largest combined capacity of any single country.

The US House of Representatives has voted to pass the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which now heads to President Joe Biden to be signed into law. The passing of the wide-ranging bill, which includes support for existing and new nuclear, was welcomed by the nuclear industry.

Issues Paper Three – Electricity generated from nuclear fuels.  Submission from the World Nuclear Association to the South Australian Nuclear Fuel Cycle Royal Commission (August 2015)