World Nuclear Power Reactors & Uranium Requirements Archive

August 2008

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

	NUCLEAR ELECTRICITY GENERATION 2007		REACTORS OPERABLE		REACTORS UNDER CONSTRUCTION		REACTORS PLANNED		REACTORS PROPOSED		URANIUM REQUIRED 2008
			Jul-08		Jul-08		Jul-08		Jul-08
	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	123
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	0	0	0
Belgium	46	54	7	5728	0	0	0	0	0	0	1011
Brazil	11.7	2.8	2	1901	0	0	1	1245	4	4000	303
Bulgaria	13.7	32	2	1906	0	0	2	1900	0	0	261
Canada*	88.2	14.7	18	12652	2	1500	3	3300	4	4400	1665
China	59.3	1.9	11	8587	7	6700	24	26320	76	62600	1396
Czech Republic	24.6	30.3	6	3472	0	0	0	0	2	3400	619
Egypt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1000	0
Finland	22.5	29	4	2696	1	1600	0	0	1	1000	1051
France	420.1	77	59	63473	1	1630	0	0	1	1600	10527
Germany	133.2	26	17	20339	0	0	0	0	0	0	3332
Hungary	13.9	37	4	1826	0	0	0	0	2	2000	271
India	15.8	2.5	17	3779	6	2976	10	8560	9	4800	978
Indonesia	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2000	2	2000	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
Japan	267	27.5	55	47577	2	2285	11	14945	1	1100	7569
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)	136.6	35.3	20	17533	3	3000	5	6600	0	0	3109
Lithuania	9.1	64.4	1	1185	0	0	0	0	2	3400	225
Mexico	9.95	4.6	2	1310	0	0	0	0	2	2000	246
Netherlands	4	4.1	1	485	0	0	0	0	0	0	98
Pakistan	2.3	2.34	2	400	1	300	2	600	2	2000	65
Romania	7.1	13	2	1310	0	0	2	1310	1	655	174
Russia	148	16	31	21743	7	4920	10	11960	25	22280	3365
Slovakia	14.2	54	5	2064	2	840	0	0	1	1200	313
Slovenia	5.4	42	1	696	0	0	0	0	1	1000	141
South Africa	12.6	5.5	2	1842	0	0	1	165	24	4000	303
Spain	52.7	17.4	8	7442	0	0	0	0	0	0	1398
Sweden	64.3	46	10	9016	0	0	0	0	0	0	1418
Switzerland	26.5	43	5	3220	0	0	0	0	3	4,000	537
Thailand	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4,000	0
Turkey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4,500	0
Ukraine	87.2	48	15	13,168	0	0	2	1,900	20	27,000	1,974
United Kingdom	57.5	15	19	11,035	0	0	0	0	0	0	2,199
USA	806.6	19.4	104	99,049	0	0	12	15,000	20	26,000	18,918
Vietnam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2000	0
WORLD**	2608	16	439	371,989	36	29,958	93	101,395	219	195,875	64,615
	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 31/07/08.
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 = 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.

64,615 tU = 76,200 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 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.

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