World Nuclear Power Reactors & Uranium Requirements
December 2017
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|
COUNTRY (Click name for |
NUCLEAR ELECTRICITY GENERATION 2016 |
REACTORS OPERABLE 1 Dec 2017 |
REACTORS UNDER CONSTRUCTION 1 Dec 2017 |
REACTORS PLANNED 1 Dec 2017 |
REACTORS PROPOSED 1 Dec 2017 |
URANIUM REQUIRED 2017 |
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|
TWh |
% e |
No. |
MWe net |
No. |
MWe gross |
No. |
MWe gross |
No. |
MWe gross |
tonnes U |
|
| Argentina |
7.7
|
5.6
|
3
|
1627
|
1
|
27
|
2
|
1950
|
2
|
1300
|
195
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armenia |
2.2
|
31.4
|
1
|
376
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1060
|
0
|
0
|
77
|
| Bangladesh |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1200
|
1
|
1200
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Belarus |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
2388
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
2400
|
0
|
| Belgium |
41.3
|
51.7
|
7
|
5943
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
987
|
| Brazil |
15.9
|
2.9
|
2
|
1896
|
1
|
1405
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
4000
|
321
|
| Bulgaria |
15.8
|
35.0
|
2
|
1926
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1200
|
327
|
| Canada |
97.4
|
15.6
|
19
|
13,553
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
1500
|
0
|
0
|
1592
|
| Chile |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
4400
|
0
|
| China |
210.5
|
3.6
|
37
|
33,657
|
20
|
22,006
|
40
|
46,700
|
143
|
164,000
|
8289
|
| Czech Republic |
22.7
|
29.4
|
6
|
3904
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
2400
|
1
|
1200
|
649
|
| Egypt |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
2400
|
2
|
2400
|
0
|
| Finland |
22.3
|
33.7
|
4
|
2764
|
1
|
1720
|
1
|
1250
|
0
|
0
|
494
|
| France |
384.0
|
72.3
|
58
|
63,130
|
1
|
1750
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
9502
|
| Germany |
80.1
|
13.1
|
8
|
10,728
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1480
|
| Hungary |
15.2
|
51.3
|
4
|
1889
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
2400
|
0
|
0
|
349
|
| India |
35.0
|
3.4
|
22
|
6219
|
6
|
4350
|
19
|
17,250
|
46
|
52,000
|
843
|
| Indonesia |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
30
|
4
|
4000
|
0
|
| Iran |
5.9
|
2.1
|
1
|
915
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
2200
|
7
|
6300
|
157
|
| 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 |
17.5
|
2.2
|
42
|
39,952
|
2
|
2756
|
9
|
12947
|
3
|
4145
|
662
|
| Jordan |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
2000
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Kazakhstan |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
1800
|
0
|
| Korea DPR (North) |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
950
|
0
|
| Korea RO (South) |
154.2
|
30.3
|
24
|
22,505
|
3
|
4200
|
2
|
2800
|
6
|
8800
|
4730
|
| Lithuania |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
2700
|
0
|
| Malaysia |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
2000
|
248
|
| Mexico |
10.3
|
6.2
|
2
|
1600
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
3000
|
0
|
| Netherlands |
3.8
|
3.4
|
1
|
485
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
82
|
| Pakistan |
5.1
|
4.4
|
5
|
1355
|
2
|
2322
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
217
|
| Poland |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
6
|
6000
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Romania |
10.4
|
17.1
|
2
|
1310
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
1440
|
0
|
0
|
183
|
| Russia |
179.7
|
17.1
|
35
|
26,865
|
7
|
5904
|
26
|
28,390
|
22
|
21,000
|
5380
|
| Saudi Arabia |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
16
|
17,000
|
0
|
| Slovakia |
13.7
|
54.1
|
4
|
1816
|
2
|
942
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1200
|
651
|
| Slovenia |
5.4
|
35.2
|
1
|
696
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1000
|
141
|
| South Africa |
15.2
|
6.6
|
2
|
1830
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
8
|
9600
|
279
|
| Spain |
56.1
|
21.4
|
7
|
7121
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1275
|
| Sweden |
60.6
|
40.0
|
8
|
8376
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1188
|
| Switzerland |
20.3
|
34.3
|
5
|
3333
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
4000
|
497
|
| Thailand |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
5
|
5000
|
0
|
| Turkey |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
4800
|
8
|
9500
|
0
|
| Ukraine |
81.0
|
52.3
|
15
|
13,107
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
1900
|
11
|
12,000
|
1944
|
| UAE |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
5600
|
0
|
0
|
10
|
14,400
|
627
|
| United Kingdom |
65.1
|
20.4
|
15
|
8883
|
0
|
0
|
11
|
15,600
|
2
|
2300
|
1772
|
| USA |
805.3
|
19.7
|
99
|
99647
|
2
|
2500
|
14
|
3100
|
21
|
30,000
|
18,996
|
| Vietnam |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
4800
|
6
|
7100
|
0
|
|
WORLD**
|
2,490
|
c 10.6
|
447
|
392,335
|
57
|
61,770
|
159
|
164,117
|
351
|
401,895
|
65,014
|
|
TWh
|
% 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
|
||||||
Sources:
Reactor data: World Nuclear Association
International Atomic Energy Agency Power Reactor Information System – for nuclear electricity production & percentage of electricity (% e)
World Nuclear Association, The Nuclear Fuel Report (September 2017, reference scenario) – for U
65,014 tU = 76,671 t U3O8
Operable = Connected to the grid
Under Construction = First concrete for reactor poured, or major refurbishment underway
Planned = Approvals, funding or commitment in place, mostly expected in operation within 8-10 years
Proposed = Specific programme or site proposals, timing of start of operation very uncertain
New plants coming online are largely balanced by old plants being retired. Over 1996-2016, 80 reactors were retired as 96 started operation. The reference scenario in the 2017 edition of The Nuclear Fuel Report (Table 2.4) has 140 reactors closing by 2035, and 224 new ones coming online (figures include 22 Japanese reactors online by 2035).
TWh = terawatt hour (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 30.5 TWh in 2016 (accounting for 13.7% of Taiwan's total electricity generation).