World Nuclear Power Reactors & Uranium Requirements Archive

June 2009

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

COUNTRY	NUCLEAR ELECTRICITY GENERATION 2008		REACTORS OPERABLE		REACTORS UNDER CONSTRUCTION		REACTORS PLANNED		REACTORS PROPOSED		URANIUM REQUIRED 2009
			Jun-09		Jun-09		Jun-09		Jun-09
Country Profile)	billion kWh	% e	No.	MWe	No.	MWe	No.	MWe	No.	MWe	tonnes U
Argentina	6.8	6.2	2	935	1	692	1	740	1	740	122
Armenia	2.3	39.4	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	43.4	53.8	7	5728	0	0	0	0	0	0	1002
Brazil	14	3.1	2	1901	0	0	1	1245	4	4000	308
Bulgaria	14.7	32.9	2	1906	0	0	2	1900	0	0	260
Canada	88.6	14.8	18	12652	2	1500	3	3300	6	6600	1670
China	65.3	2.2	11	8587	14	14280	35	37460	80	72000	2010
Czech Republic	25	32.5	6	3686	0	0	0	0	2	3400	610
Egypt	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1000	1	1000	0
Finland	22	29.7	4	2696	1	1600	0	0	1	1000	446
France	418.3	76.2	59	63473	1	1630	1	1630	1	1630	10569
Germany	140.9	28.3	17	20339	0	0	0	0	0	0	3398
Hungary	14	37.2	4	1826	0	0	0	0	2	2000	274
India	13.2	2	17	3779	6	2976	23	21500	15	20000	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	240.5	24.9	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)	144.3	35.6	20	17716	5	5350	7	9450	0	0	3444
Lithuania	9.1	72.9	1	1185	0	0	0	0	2	3400	0
Mexico	9.4	4	2	1310	0	0	0	0	2	2000	242
Netherlands	3.9	3.8	1	485	0	0	0	0	0	0	97
Pakistan	1.7	1.9	2	400	1	300	2	600	2	2000	65
Poland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	10000	0
Romania	7.1	17.5	2	1310	0	0	2	1310	1	655	174
Russia	152.1	16.9	31	21743	8	5980	8	9360	28	25880	3537
Slovakia	15.5	56.4	4	1688	2	840	0	0	1	1200	251
Slovenia	6	41.7	1	696	0	0	0	0	1	1000	137
South Africa	12.7	5.3	2	1842	0	0	3	3565	24	4000	303
Spain	56.4	18.3	8	7448	0	0	0	0	0	0	1383
Sweden	61.3	42	10	9104	0	0	0	0	0	0	1395
Switzerland	26.3	39.2	5	3237	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	2,400	1	1,200	0
Ukraine	84.3	47.4	15	13168	0	0	2	1,900	20	27,000	1977
UAE	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4500	11	15500	0
United Kingdom	52.5	13.5	19	11035	0	0	0	0	6	9600	2059
USA	809	19.7	104	101,119	1	1,180	11	13,800	20	26,000	18,867
Vietnam	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2,000	8	8,000	0
WORLD**	2601	15	436	372,533	47	42,128	133	145,025	282	295,205	65,405
	billion kWh	% e	No.	MWe	No.	MWe	No.	MWe	No.	MWe	tonnes U
	NUCLEAR ELECTRICITY GENERATION 2008		REACTORS OPERATING		REACTORS BUILDING		ON ORDER or PLANNED		PROPOSED		URANIUM REQUIRED

 

Sources: 
Reactor data: WNA to 1/7/09
IAEA - for nuclear electricity production & percentage of electricity (% e) 5/09.
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 4927 MWe, which generated a total of 39.3 billion kWh in 2008 (accounting for 17.1% of Taiwan's total electricity generation). Taiwan has two reactors under construction with a combined capacity of 2600 MWe, and six proposed, total 8000 MWe.  U demand of 831t is expected in 2009.

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