World Nuclear Power Reactors & Uranium Requirements
21 June 2016
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COUNTRY (Click name for |
NUCLEAR ELECTRICITY GENERATION 2015 |
REACTORS OPERABLE 21 June 2016 |
REACTORS UNDER CONSTRUCTION 21 June 2016 |
REACTORS PLANNED June 2016 |
REACTORS PROPOSED June 2016 |
URANIUM REQUIRED 2016 |
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|
billion kWh |
% e |
No. |
MWe net |
No. |
MWe gross |
No. |
MWe gross |
No. |
MWe gross |
tonnes U |
|
| Argentina |
6.5
|
4.8
|
3
|
1627
|
1
|
27
|
2
|
1950
|
2
|
1300
|
217
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armenia |
2.6
|
34.5
|
1
|
376
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1060
|
|
|
88
|
| Bangladesh |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
2400
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Belarus |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
2388
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
2400
|
0
|
| Belgium |
24.8
|
37.5
|
7
|
5943
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1015
|
| Brazil |
13.9
|
2.8
|
2
|
1901
|
1
|
1405
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
4000
|
332
|
| Bulgaria |
14.7
|
31.3
|
2
|
1926
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
950
|
0
|
0
|
327
|
| Canada |
95.6
|
16.6
|
19
|
13553
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
1500
|
3
|
3800
|
1730
|
| Chile |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
4400
|
0
|
| China |
161.2
|
3.0
|
33
|
29577
|
21
|
24036
|
42
|
48330
|
136
|
156000
|
6072
|
| Czech Republic |
25.3
|
32.5
|
6
|
3904
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
2400
|
1
|
1200
|
567
|
| Egypt |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
2400
|
2
|
2400
|
0
|
| Finland |
22.3
|
33.7
|
4
|
2741
|
1
|
1700
|
1
|
1200
|
1
|
1500
|
1126
|
| France |
419.0
|
76.3
|
58
|
63130
|
1
|
1750
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1750
|
9211
|
| Germany |
86.8
|
14.1
|
8
|
10728
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1689
|
| Hungary |
15.0
|
52.7
|
4
|
1889
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
2400
|
0
|
0
|
356
|
| India |
34.6
|
3.5
|
21
|
5302
|
6
|
4300
|
24
|
23900
|
36
|
41600
|
1077
|
| Indonesia |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
30
|
4
|
4000
|
0
|
| Iran |
3.2
|
1.3
|
1
|
915
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
2000
|
7
|
6300
|
178
|
| Israel |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1200
|
0
|
| Italy |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Japan |
4.3
|
0.5
|
43
|
40480
|
3
|
3036
|
9
|
12947
|
3
|
4145
|
1728
|
| Jordan |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
2000
|
|
|
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) |
157.2
|
31.7
|
25
|
23017
|
3
|
4200
|
8
|
11600
|
0
|
0
|
4926
|
| 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 |
11.2
|
6.8
|
2
|
1600
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
2000
|
282
|
| Netherlands |
3.9
|
3,7
|
1
|
485
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1000
|
102
|
| Pakistan |
4.3
|
4.4
|
3
|
725
|
3
|
1841
|
1
|
1161
|
0
|
0
|
273
|
| Poland |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
6
|
6000
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Romania |
10.7
|
17.3
|
2
|
1310
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
1440
|
1
|
655
|
179
|
| Russia |
182.8
|
18.6
|
35
|
26053
|
8
|
7104
|
25
|
27755
|
23
|
22800
|
6416
|
| Saudi Arabia |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
16
|
17000
|
0
|
| Slovakia |
14.1
|
55.9
|
4
|
1816
|
2
|
942
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1200
|
905
|
| Slovenia |
5.4
|
38.0
|
1
|
696
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1000
|
137
|
| South Africa |
11.0
|
4.7
|
2
|
1830
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
8
|
9600
|
308
|
| Spain |
54.8
|
20.3
|
7
|
7121
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1271
|
| Sweden |
54.5
|
34.3
|
9
|
8849
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1471
|
| Switzerland |
22.2
|
33.5
|
5
|
3333
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
4000
|
521
|
| Thailand |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
5
|
5000
|
0
|
| Turkey |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
4800
|
4
|
4500
|
0
|
| Ukraine |
82.4
|
56.5
|
15
|
13107
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
1900
|
11
|
12000
|
1985
|
| UAE |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
5600
|
0
|
0
|
10
|
14400
|
0
|
| United Kingdom |
63.9
|
18.9
|
15
|
8883
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
6100
|
9
|
11800
|
1734
|
| USA |
798.0
|
19.5
|
100
|
100013
|
4
|
5000
|
18
|
8312
|
24
|
26000
|
18214
|
| Vietnam |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
4800
|
6
|
6700
|
0
|
|
WORLD**
|
2,441
|
c 11.5
|
444
|
387,757
|
62
|
66,029
|
172
|
181,205
|
337
|
379,200
|
65,220
|
|
billion kWh
|
% e
|
No.
|
MWe
|
No.
|
MWe
|
No.
|
MWe
|
No.
|
MWe
|
tonnes U
|
|
|
NUCLEAR ELECTRICITY GENERATION
|
REACTORS OPERABLE
|
REACTORS UNDER CONSTRUCTION
|
ON ORDER or PLANNED
|
PROPOSED
|
URANIUM REQUIRED
|
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Sources:
Reactor data: World Nuclear Association to 21/6/16 (excluding nine shutdown German units).
International Atomic Energy Agency Power Reactor Information System – for nuclear electricity production & percentage of electricity (% e).
World Nuclear Association, The Nuclear Fuel Report – Global Scenarios for Demand and Supply Availability 2015-2035 (September 2015) – for U.
65,220 tU = 76,914 t U3O8.
Operable = Connected to the grid.
Under Construction = First concrete for reactor poured, or major refurbishment underway.
Planned = Approvals, funding or major commitment in place, mostly expected in operation within 8-10 years.
Proposed = Specific programme or site proposals, expected operation mostly within 15 years.
New plants coming on line are largely balanced by old plants being retired. Over 1996-2013, 66 reactors were retired as 71 started operation. There are no firm projections for retirements over the period covered by this Table, but we estimate that at least 60 of those now operating will close by 2030, most being small plants. The 2015 Nuclear Fuel Report reference scenario (Table 2.4) has 132 reactors closing by 2035, and 287 new ones coming on line (figures include 28 Japanese reactors on line by 2035).
TWh = terawatt-hours (billion kilowatt-hours); kWh = kilowatt-hour; MWe = megawatt (electrical as distinct from thermal)
** The world total includes six reactors operating on Taiwan with a combined capacity of 4927 MWe, which generated a total of 35.1 billion kWh in 2015 (accounting for 16.3% of Taiwan's total electricity generation). Taiwan has two reactors under construction with a combined capacity of 2700 MWe. It was expected to require 783 tU in 2016.
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