World Nuclear Power Reactors & Uranium Requirements Archive

July 2007

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

	NUCLEAR ELECTRICITY GENERATION 2006		REACTORS OPERABLE July 2007		REACTORS UNDER CONSTRUCTION July 2007		REACTORS PLANNED July 2007		REACTORS PROPOSED July 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	0	0	1	700	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	0	0	1836
China	51.8	1.9	11	8587	4	3170	25	26860	86	70000	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	0	0	472
France	428.7	78	59	63473	1	1630	0	0	1	1600	10368
Germany	158.7	32	17	20303	0	0	0	0	0	0	3486
Hungary	12.5	38	4	1826	0	0	0	0	0	0	254
India	15.6	2.6	17	3779	6	2976	4	2800	15	11100	491
Indonesia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4000	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	1	950	7	8250	0	0	3037
Lithuania	8	69	1	1185	0	0	0	0	1	1000	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	1	655	1	655	0	0	3	1995	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	0	0	575
Turkey	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4500	0	0	0
Ukraine	84.8	48	15	13168	0	0	2	1900	20	21000	2,003
United Kingdom	69.2	18	19	10982	0	0	0	0	0	0	2,021
USA	787.2	19	104	99049	0	0	2	2716	21	24000	20050
Vietnam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2000	0
WORLD**	2658	16	438	371,258	32	25,073	74	80,531	214	179,345	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 27/07/07.
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;
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 = clear intention or proposal but still without firm commitment. Planned and Proposed are generally gross MWe;
TWh = Terawatt-hours (billion kilowatt-hours), MWe = Megawatt net (electrical as distinct from thermal), kWh = kilowatt-hour. 

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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