World Nuclear Power Reactors & Uranium Requirements
February 2020
Note: This is an archived table. The latest version is available here.
|
COUNTRY (Click name for |
NUCLEAR ELECTRICITY GENERATION 2018 |
REACTORS OPERABLE February 2020 |
REACTORS UNDER CONSTRUCTION February 2020 |
REACTORS PLANNED February 2020 |
REACTORS PROPOSED February 2020 |
URANIUM REQUIRED 2020 |
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|
TWh |
% e |
No. |
MWe net |
No. |
MWe gross |
No. |
MWe gross |
No. |
MWe gross |
tonnes U |
|
| Argentina |
6.5
|
4.7
|
3
|
1702
|
1
|
27
|
1
|
1150
|
2
|
1350
|
198
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armenia |
1.9
|
25.6
|
1
|
376
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1060
|
77
|
| Bangladesh |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
2400
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
2400
|
0
|
| Belarus |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
2388
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
2400
|
701
|
| Belgium |
27.3
|
39.0
|
7
|
5943
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
999
|
| Brazil † |
14.8
|
2.7
|
2
|
1896
|
1
|
1405
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
4000
|
325
|
| Bulgaria |
15.4
|
34.7
|
2
|
1926
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1000
|
1
|
1000
|
331
|
| Canada |
94.5
|
14.9
|
19
|
13,553
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
1500
|
1538
|
| China |
277.1
|
4.2
|
47
|
45,688
|
12
|
12,244
|
42
|
48,660
|
170
|
199,610
|
9834
|
| Czech Republic |
28.3
|
34.5
|
6
|
3932
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
2400
|
2
|
2400
|
665
|
| Egypt |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
4800
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Finland |
21.9
|
32.5
|
4
|
2764
|
1
|
1720
|
1
|
1250
|
0
|
0
|
765
|
| France |
395.9
|
71.7
|
57
|
62,250
|
1
|
1750
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
8936
|
| Germany |
71.9
|
11.7
|
6
|
8052
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1264
|
| Hungary |
14.9
|
50.6
|
4
|
1889
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
2400
|
0
|
0
|
352
|
| India |
35.4
|
3.1
|
22
|
6219
|
7
|
5400
|
14
|
10,500
|
28
|
32,000
|
967
|
| Iran |
6.3
|
2.1
|
1
|
915
|
1
|
1057
|
1
|
1057
|
5
|
2760
|
157
|
| Japan |
49.3
|
6.2
|
33
|
31,679
|
2
|
2756
|
1
|
1385
|
8
|
11,562
|
2000
|
| Jordan |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1000
|
0
|
| Kazakhstan |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
600
|
0
|
| Korea RO (South) |
127.1
|
23.7
|
24
|
23,231
|
4
|
5600
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
2800
|
4903
|
| Lithuania |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
2700
|
0
|
| Mexico |
13.2
|
5.3
|
2
|
1600
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
3000
|
251
|
| Netherlands |
3.3
|
3.1
|
1
|
485
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
83
|
| Pakistan |
9.3
|
6.8
|
5
|
1355
|
2
|
2322
|
1
|
1170
|
0
|
0
|
196
|
| Poland |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
6
|
6000
|
0
|
| Romania |
10.5
|
17.2
|
2
|
1310
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
1440
|
1
|
720
|
185
|
| Russia † |
191.3
|
17.9
|
38
|
29,203
|
4
|
4903
|
24
|
25,810
|
22
|
21,000
|
4834
|
| Saudi Arabia |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
16
|
17,000
|
0
|
| Slovakia |
13.8
|
55.0
|
4
|
1816
|
2
|
942
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1200
|
515
|
| Slovenia |
5.5
|
35.9
|
1
|
696
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1000
|
141
|
| South Africa |
10.6
|
4.7
|
2
|
1830
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
8
|
9600
|
283
|
| Spain |
53.4
|
20.4
|
7
|
7121
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1290
|
| Sweden |
65.9
|
40.3
|
7
|
7569
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
962
|
| Switzerland |
24.5
|
37.7
|
4
|
2960
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
390
|
| Thailand |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
2000
|
0
|
| Turkey |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1200
|
3
|
3600
|
8
|
9500
|
0
|
| Ukraine ‡ |
79.5
|
53.0
|
15
|
13,107
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
1900
|
2
|
2,400
|
1893
|
| UAE |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
5600
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
966
|
| United Kingdom |
59.1
|
17.7
|
15
|
8883
|
1
|
1720
|
3
|
5060
|
6
|
7820
|
1820
|
| USA † |
808.0
|
19.3
|
96
|
97,896
|
4
|
5000
|
3
|
2550
|
18
|
8000
|
19,746
|
| Uzbekistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2400 | 2 | 2400 | 0 |
|
WORLD*
|
2563
|
c 10.3**
|
441
|
391,565
|
54
|
61,034
|
109
|
118,532
|
330
|
360,782
|
68,240
|
|
TWh
|
% e
|
No.
|
MWe
|
No.
|
MWe
|
No.
|
MWe
|
No.
|
MWe
|
tonnes U
|
|
|
NUCLEAR ELECTRICITY GENERATION
|
OPERABLE
|
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
|
PLANNED
|
PROPOSED
|
URANIUM REQUIRED
|
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Sources:
Reactor and electricity data: International Atomic Energy Agency Power Reactor Information System (PRIS); US Energy Information Administration; company data; World Nuclear Association estimates
World Nuclear Association, The Nuclear Fuel Report (published September 2019, reference scenario forecast) – for uranium requirements
68,240 tU = 80,472 t U3O8
Notes:
Operable = Connected to the grid.
Under Construction = First concrete for reactor poured.
Planned = Approvals, funding or commitment in place, mostly expected to be in operation in the 2020s.
Proposed = Specific programme or site proposals; timing very uncertain.
* World figures include Taiwan, which generated a total of 26.7 TWh from nuclear in 2018 (accounting for 11.4% of Taiwan's total electricity generation). The island has four operable reactors with a combined net capacity of 3719 MWe.
** Provisional International Energy Agency data for year 2018.
† Under Construction figures include a number of units where construction is currently suspended: Angra 3 (Brazil); Baltic 1 (Russia); Lungmen 1&2 (Taiwan); V.C. Summer 2&3 (USA).
‡ Khmelnitski 3&4 (Ukraine) are listed as under construction in PRIS. Construction was suspended in 1990 and is yet to restart. In this table the two units are listed as planned.
New plants coming online are largely balanced by old plants being retired. Over 1998-2018, 89 reactors were retired as 98 started operation. The reference scenario in the 2019 edition of The Nuclear Fuel Report (Table 2.5) has 154 reactors closing by 2040, and 289 new ones coming online (figures include 21 Japanese reactors online by 2040).
TWh = terawatt hour (billion kilowatt hours); kWh = kilowatt hour; MWe = megawatt (electrical as distinct from thermal).