World Nuclear Power Reactors & Uranium Requirements Archive

August 2007

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

	NUCLEAR ELECTRICITY GENERATION 2006		REACTORS OPERABLE August 2007		REACTORS UNDER CONSTRUCTION August 2007		REACTORS PLANNED August 2007		REACTORS PROPOSED August 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	1	740	1	740	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	2	2200	1836
China	51.8	1.9	11	8587	5	4540	26	27640	88	72000	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	1	1000	472
France	428.7	78	59	63473	1	1630	0	0	1	1600	10368
Germany	158.7	32	17	20339	0	0	0	0	0	0	3486
Hungary	12.5	38	4	1826	0	0	0	0	2	2000	254
India	15.6	2.6	17	3779	6	2976	4	2800	15	11100	491
Indonesia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2000	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	3	3000	5	6600	0	0	3037
Lithuania	8	69	1	1185	0	0	0	0	2	3200	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	2	1310	0	0	2	1310	1	655	92
Russia	144.3	16	31	21743	7	4920	7	7800	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	9086	0	0	0	0	0	0	1468
Switzerland	26.4	37	5	3220	0	0	0	0	1	1000	575
Turkey	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4500	0	0	0
Ukraine	84.8	48	15	13168	0	0	2	1900	20	27000	2,003
United Kingdom	69.2	18	19	11035	0	0	0	0	0	0	2,021
USA	787.2	19	104	99049	0	0	7	10180	25	32000	20050
Vietnam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2000	0
WORLD**	2658	16	439	372,002	34	27,838	81	89,175	223	200,445	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 30/8/07.
IAEA- for nuclear electricity production & percentage of electricity (% e) 5/07.
WNA: Global Nuclear Fuel Market (reference scenario) - for U. Includes first cores for new reactors.

Operating = Connected to the grid.
Operating = Connected to the grid;
Building/Construction = first concrete for reactor poured, or major refurbishment under way (* In Canada, 'construction' figure is 2 laid-up Bruce A reactors);
Planned = Approvals, funding or major commitment in place, or construction well advanced but suspended indefinitely;
Proposed = clear intention or proposal but still without firm commitment.
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 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.

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