World Nuclear Power Reactors & Uranium Requirements Archive

June 2012

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

COUNTRY	NUCLEAR ELECTRICITY GENERATION 2011		REACTORS OPERABLE		REACTORS UNDER CONSTRUCTION		REACTORS PLANNED		REACTORS PROPOSED		URANIUM REQUIRED 2012
			June 2012		June 2012		June 2012		June 2012
Country Profile)	billion kWh	% e	No.	MWe net	No.	MWe gross	No.	MWe gross	No.	MWe gross	tonnes U
Argentina	5.9	5.0	2	935	1	745	2	773	1	740	124
Armenia	2.4	33.2	1	376	0	0	1	1060			64
Bangladesh	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2000	0	0	0
Belarus	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2000	2	2000	0
Belgium	45.9	54.0	7	5943	0	0	0	0	0	0	995
Brazil	14.8	3.2	2	1901	1	1405	0	0	4	4000	321
Bulgaria	15.3	32.6	2	1906	0	0	1	950	0	0	313
Canada	88.3	15.3	17	12044	3	2190	3	3300	3	3800	1694
Chile	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4400	0
China	82.6	1.8	15	11881	26	27640	51	57480	120	123000	6550
Czech Republic	26.7	33.0	6	3764	0	0	2	2400	1	1200	583
Egypt	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1000	1	1000	0
Finland	22.3	31.6	4	2741	1	1700	0	0	2	3000	471
France	423.5	77.7	58	63130	1	1720	1	1720	1	1100	9254
Germany	102.3	17.8	9	12003	0	0	0	0	0	0	1934
Hungary	14.7	43.2	4	1880	0	0	0	0	2	2200	331
India	28.9	3.7	20	4385	7	5300	16	14300	40	49000	937
Indonesia	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2000	4	4000	0
Iran	0	0	1	915	0	0	2	2000	1	300	170
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	156.2	18.1	50	44396	3	3036	10	13772	5	6760	4636
Jordan	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1000			0
Kazakhstan	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	600	2	600	0
Korea DPR (North)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	950	0
Korea RO (South)	147.8	34.6	23	20787	3	3800	6	8400	0	0	3967
Lithuania	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1350	0	0	0
Malaysia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2000	0
Mexico	9.3	3.6	2	1600	0	0	0	0	2	2000	279
Netherlands	3.9	3.6	1	485	0	0	0	0	1	1000	102
Pakistan	3.8	3.8	3	725	2	680	0	0	2	2000	117
Poland	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	6000	0	0	0
Romania	10.8	19.0	2	1310	0	0	2	1310	1	655	177
Russia	162.0	17.6	33	24164	10	9160	17	200000	24	24000	5488
Saudi Arabia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	17000	0
Slovakia	14.3	54.0	4	1816	2	880	0	0	1	1200	307
Slovenia	5.9	41.7	1	696	0	0	0	0	1	1000	137
South Africa	12.9	5.2	2	1800	0	0	0	0	6	9600	304
Spain	55.1	19.5	8	7448	0	0	0	0	0	0	1355
Sweden	58.1	39.6	10	9399	0	0	0	0	0	0	1394
Switzerland	25.7	40.8	5	3252	0	0	0	0	3	4000	527
Thailand	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5000	0
Turkey	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4800	4	5600	0
Ukraine	84.9	47.2	15	13168	0	0	2	1900	11	12000	2348
UAE	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5600	10	14400	0
United Kingdom	62.7	17.8	16	10038	0	0	4	6680	9	12000	2096
USA	790.4	19.2	104	101607	1	1218	11	13260	19	25500	19724
Vietnam	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4000	6	6700	0
WORLD**	2518	c13.5	433	371,422	63	62,174	160	179,655	329	373,255	67,990

 Sources:  

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.

 67,990 tU = 80,181 t U₃O₈

** The world total includes 6 reactors operating on Taiwan with a combined capacity of 4927 MWe, which generated a total of 40.4 billion kWh in 2011 (accounting for 19.0% of Taiwan's total electricity generation). Taiwan has two reactors under construction with a combined capacity of 2700 MWe, and one proposed, 1350 MWe.  It is expected to require 1291 tU in 2012.

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