World Nuclear Power Reactors & Uranium Requirements Archive

October 2008

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

COUNTRY	NUCLEAR ELECTRICITY GENERATION 2007		REACTORS OPERABLE		REACTORS UNDER CONSTRUCTION		REACTORS PLANNED		REACTORS PROPOSED		URANIUM REQUIRED 2008
			Oct 2008		Oct 2008		Oct 2008		Oct 2008
Country Profile)	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	26	27620	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	9760	15	11200	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	2	600	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	2	2700	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	4810	12	14340	25	22280	3365
Slovakia	14.2	54	5	2094	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	7448	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	4000	537
Thailand	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4000	0
Turkey	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2400	1	1200	0
Ukraine	87.2	48	15	13168	0	0	2	1900	20	27000	1974
United Kingdom	57.5	15	19	11035	0	0	0	0	6	9600	2199
USA	806.6	19.4	104	100599	0	0	12	15000	20	26,000	18918
Vietnam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2,000	0
WORLD**	2608	15	439	373,247	36	29,848	99	108,675	232	211,575	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 30/09/08.
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 = 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.

64,615 tU = 76,200 t U₃O₈

** The world total includes 6 reactors operating on Taiwan with a combined capacity of 4916 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 MW

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