World Nuclear Power Reactors & Uranium Requirements
5 January 2009
Note: This is an archived table. The latest version is available here.
|
COUNTRY
|
NUCLEAR ELECTRICITY GENERATION 2007 |
REACTORS OPERABLE 1 Jan 2009 |
REACTORS UNDER CONSTRUCTION 1 Jan 2009 |
REACTORS PLANNED Jan 2009
|
REACTORS PROPOSED Jan 2009 |
URANIUM REQUIRED 2008 | |||||
|
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
|
2
|
2000
|
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
|
6
|
6600
|
1665
|
| China |
59.3
|
1.9
|
11
|
8587
|
11 |
11000
|
26
|
27560
|
72
|
58400
|
1396
|
| Czech Republic |
24.6
|
30.3
|
6
|
3472
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
3400
|
619
|
| Egypt |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1000
|
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
|
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 |
267
|
27.5
|
53
|
46236
|
2
|
2285
|
11
|
14945
|
1
|
1100
|
7569
|
| 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) |
136.6
|
35.3
|
20
|
17716
|
5 |
5350
|
3 |
4050
|
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 |
4.0
|
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
|
|
Poland
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
5
|
10000
|
0
|
| Romania |
7.1
|
13
|
2
|
1310
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
1310
|
1
|
655
|
174
|
| Russia |
148
|
16
|
31
|
21743
|
8
|
5980
|
11
|
12870
|
25
|
22280
|
3365
|
| Slovakia |
14.2
|
54
|
4 | 1686 |
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
|
3
|
3565
|
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
|
2
|
2000
|
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
|
|
UAE
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
4500
|
11
|
15500
|
0
|
| United Kingdom |
57.5
|
15
|
19
|
11035
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
6
|
9600
|
2199
|
| USA |
806.6
|
19.4
|
104
|
100845
|
0
|
0
|
12
|
15000
|
20
|
26000
|
18918
|
| Vietnam |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
2000
|
8
|
8000
|
0
|
|
WORLD**
|
2608
|
15
|
436
|
371,927
|
43 |
37,668
|
106
|
118,095
|
266
|
262,075
|
64,615
|
|
billion kWh
|
% e
|
No.
|
MWe
|
No.
|
MWe
|
No.
|
MWe
|
No.
|
MWe
|
tonnes U
|
|
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NUCLEAR ELECTRICITY GENERATION 2007
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REACTORS OPERATING
|
REACTORS BUILDING
|
ON ORDER or PLANNED
|
PROPOSED
|
URANIUM REQUIRED
|
||||||
Sources:
Reactor data: WNA to 1/1/09
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 39.3 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. U demand of 831t is expected in 2009.