World Nuclear Power Reactors & Uranium Requirements Archive

February 2009

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

COUNTRY	NUCLEAR ELECTRICITY GENERATION 2007		REACTORS OPERABLE		REACTORS UNDER CONSTRUCTION		REACTORS PLANNED		REACTORS PROPOSED		URANIUM REQUIRED 2009
			31-Jan-09		31-Jan-09		31-Jan-09		31-Jan-09
Country Profile)	billion kWh	% e	No.	MWe	No.	MWe	No.	MWe	No.	MWe	tonnes U
Argentina	6.7	6.2	2	935	1	692	1	740	1	740	122
Armenia	2.35	43.5	1	376	0	0	0	0	1	1000	51
Bangladesh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2000	0
Belarus	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2000	2	2000	0
Belgium	46	54	7	5728	0	0	0	0	0	0	1002
Brazil	11.7	2.8	2	1901	0	0	1	1245	4	4000	308
Bulgaria	13.7	32	2	1906	0	0	2	1900	0	0	260
Canada	88.2	14.7	18	12652	2	1500	3	3300	6	6600	1670
China	59.3	1.9	11	8587	11	11000	26	27560	72	58400	2010
Czech Republic	24.6	30.3	6	3472	0	0	0	0	2	3400	610
Egypt	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1000	1	1000	0
Finland	22.5	29	4	2696	1	1600	0	0	1	1000	446
France	420.1	77	59	63473	1	1630	0	0	1	1600	10569
Germany	133.2	26	17	20339	0	0	0	0	0	0	3398
Hungary	13.9	37	4	1826	0	0	0	0	2	2000	274
India	15.8	2.5	17	3779	6	2976	10	9760	15	11200	961
Indonesia	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2000	4	4000	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
Italy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	17000	0
Japan	267	27.5	53	46236	2	2285	13	17915	1	1300	8388
Kazakhstan	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	600	2	600	0
Korea DPR (North)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	950	0	0	0
Korea RO (South)	136.6	35.3	20	17716	5	5350	3	4050	2	2700	3444
Lithuania	9.1	64.4	1	1185	0	0	0	0	2	3400	0
Mexico	9.95	4.6	2	1310	0	0	0	0	2	2000	242
Netherlands	4	4.1	1	485	0	0	0	0	0	0	97
Pakistan	2.3	2.34	2	400	1	300	2	600	2	2000	65
Poland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	10000	0
Romania	7.1	13	2	1310	0	0	2	1310	1	655	174
Russia	148	16	31	21743	8	5980	11	12870	25	22280	3537
Slovakia	14.2	54	4	1686	2	840	0	0	1	1200	251
Slovenia	5.4	42	1	696	0	0	0	0	1	1000	137
South Africa	12.6	5.5	2	1842	0	0	3	3565	24	4000	303
Spain	52.7	17.4	8	7448	0	0	0	0	0	0	1383
Sweden	64.3	46	10	9016	0	0	0	0	0	0	1395
Switzerland	26.5	43	5	3220	0	0	0	0	3	4000	531
Thailand	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2000	4	4000	0
Turkey	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2400	1	1200	0
Ukraine	87.2	48	15	13168	0	0	2	1900	20	27000	1977
UAE	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4500	11	15500	0
United Kingdom	57.5	15	19	11035	0	0	0	0	6	9,600	2059
USA	806.6	19.4	104	100845	0	0	12	15000	20	26,000	18867
Vietnam	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2000	8	8,000	0
WORLD**	2608	15	436	371,927	43	37,668	108	121,065	266	262,275	65,405
	billion kWh	% e	No.	MWe	No.	MWe	No.	MWe	No.	MWe	tonnes U
	NUCLEAR ELECTRICITY GENERATION 2007		REACTORS OPERATING		REACTORS BUILDING		ON ORDER or PLANNED		PROPOSED		URANIUM REQUIRED

 

Sources: 
Reactor data: WNA to 1/2/09
IAEA - for nuclear electricity production & percentage of electricity (% e) 5/08.
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 = Specific program or site proposals, expected operation within 20 years.  Planned and Proposed are generally gross MWe;
TWh = Terawatt-hours (billion kilowatt-hours), MWe = Megawatt net (electrical as distinct from thermal), kWh = kilowatt-hour.

65,405 tU = 77,132 t U₃O₈

** The world total includes 6 reactors operating on Taiwan with a combined capacity of 4916 MWe, which generated a total of 39 billion kWh in 2007 (accounting for 19.3% of Taiwan's total electricity generation). Taiwan has two reactors under construction with a combined capacity of 2600 MWe.  U demand of 831t is expected in 2009.

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