World Nuclear Power Reactors & Uranium Requirements

1 February 2014

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

Sources:
Reactor data: WNA to 1/2/14 (excluding 8 shut-down German units units)
IAEA- for nuclear electricity production & percentage of electricity (% e) 13/4/12.
WNA: Global Nuclear Fuel Market report Sept 2013 (reference scenario 2014) - for U.

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.

65,908 tU = 77,725 t U₃O₈

** The world total includes 6 reactors operating on Taiwan with a combined capacity of 4927 MWe, which generated a total of 38.7 billion kWh in 2012 (accounting for 18.4% of Taiwan's total electricity generation). Taiwan has two reactors under construction with a combined capacity of 2700 MWe. It was expected to require 1249 tU in 2014.