World Nuclear Performance Report 2023

Sama Bilbao y León discusses the importance of turning political commitment into action.

An overview of key global results, with high resolution images.

Opening remarks from our Director General, Sama Bilbao y León.

This project will supply high-temperature steam an industrial site as an alternative to steam generation from fossil fuels.

Unit 3 refurbishment execution began in September 2020, incorporating the unit 2 lessons learned. It was reconnected grid in July 2023.

The Fuqing nuclear power plant units 5&6 are CNNC’s demonstration Hualong One units.

Argentina has two nuclear power plants: Atucha and Embalse

The USA has 93 operable reactors with the largest combined capacity of any single country.

The UK has nine operable reactors at seven sites; eight are AGRs, with one PWR at Sizewell.

The United Arab Emirates has three operable nuclear power reactors at Barakah.

Ukraine has 15 reactors at four sites, Rovno and Khmelnitski in the west of the country, and South Ukraine and Zaporizhzhia in the south.

The Akkuyu nuclear plant will comprise four 1114 MWe VVER-1200 reactors.

Taiwan has two operable nuclear power reactors with a combined capacity of 1874 MWe.

Switzerland has two reactors at Beznau, one at Gösgen, and one at Leibstadt.

There are six reactors operating in three locations in Sweden: Ringhals, Oskarshamm, and Forsmark.

Spain has seven operable nuclear reactors at five sites across the country.

There are 25 reactors operating in South Korea, providing more than a quarter of the country's electricity.

South Africa has a single nuclear power plant at Koeberg.

Slovenia has a single reactor operating at Krško

Slovakia has two nuclear power plants, at Bohunice and Mochovce,

There are 37 operable reactors in Russia, with the majority in the west of the country.

Two CANDU-6 PHWRs at the Cernavoda plant, provide electricity and district heating to the adjacent town.

Pakistan has six operating nuclear power reactors at two sites: Chashma and Karachi.

A single 485 MWe PWR operates at Borssele.

Mexico has two operable nuclear reactors located at Laguna Verde.

Ten of the country’s 33 operable reactors have restarted as of June 2023.

A single VVER-1000 unit is in operation in Iran at Bushehr.

India has 22 reactors at seven nuclear power plants located both inland and along the coast.

Four VVER-440 reactors operate at the Paks nuclear power plant,

Germany's final three reactors were shutdown in April 2023.

France has 56 operable reactors at a variety of coastal and inland sites.

Finland has two nuclear power plants. Loviisa and Olkiluoto

Three  VVER-1200/V-529 reactors are currently under construction in Egypt at El Dabaa,

The Czech Republic has six operable reactors: two units are at Temelin, and four units at Dukovany.

Mainland China has 55 operable reactors, primarily at sites along its southeast coastline.

Nineteen reactors operate at four plants in southeast Canada,

Bulgaria has one nuclear power plant, Kozloduy, located about 110km north of Sofia.

Brazil has one nuclear power plant at Angra, 200km west of Rio de Janeiro.

Belgium has two nuclear power plants: Doel and Tihange.

Belarus has two VVER-1200 reactors, located at Ostrovets, about 120km northwest of Minsk.

Two Russian-designed VVER-1200s are under construction in Bangladesh at Rooppur.

Armenia has one nuclear power plant, Metsamor, also known as the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant.

Geographical regions used is this report and the countries assigned to them.

Abbreviations used in this report.

Acknowledgements, definitions and assumptions.