World Nuclear Power Reactors 2007-09 & Uranium Requirements
1 May 2009
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|
COUNTRY
|
NUCLEAR ELECTRICITY GENERATION 2008 |
REACTORS OPERABLE 1 May 2009 |
REACTORS UNDER CONSTRUCTION 1 May 2009 |
REACTORS PLANNED May 2009
|
REACTORS PROPOSED May 2009 |
URANIUM REQUIRED 2009 | |||||
|
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 |
14.0
|
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
|
12 |
12100
|
33 |
35320
|
80 |
94000
|
2010 |
| Czech Republic |
25.0
|
32.5
|
6
|
3472
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
3400
|
610
|
| Egypt |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1000
|
1
|
1000
|
0
|
| Finland |
22.0
|
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 |
14.0
|
37.2
|
4
|
1826
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
2000
|
274
|
| India |
13.2
|
2.0
|
17
|
3779
|
6
|
2976
|
10
|
9760
|
15
|
11200
|
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
|
4.0
|
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 |
6.0
|
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
|
42.0
|
10
|
9016
|
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
|
2400
|
1
|
1200
|
0
|
| Ukraine |
84.3
|
47.4
|
15
|
13168
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
1900
|
20
|
27000
|
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 |
809.0
|
19.7
|
104
|
101119
|
1 |
1180
|
11
|
13800
|
20
|
26000
|
18867
|
| Vietnam |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
2000
|
8
|
8000
|
0
|
|
WORLD**
|
2601
|
15
|
436
|
372,220
|
45 |
39,948
|
112
|
131,145
|
276
|
299,405
|
65,405
|
|
billion kWh
|
% e
|
No.
|
MWe
|
No.
|
MWe
|
No.
|
MWe
|
No.
|
MWe
|
tonnes U
|
|
|
NUCLEAR ELECTRICITY GENERATION 2008
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REACTORS OPERATING
|
REACTORS BUILDING
|
ON ORDER or PLANNED
|
PROPOSED
|
URANIUM REQUIRED
|
||||||
Sources:
Reactor data: WNA to 1/5/09
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 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.