World Nuclear Power Reactors & Uranium Requirements

29 January 2007

Argentina
6.4
6.9
2
935
1
692
0
0
1
700
135
Armenia
2.5
43
1
376
0
0
0
0
1
1000
51
Belgium
45.3
56
7
5728
0
0
0
0
0
0
1079
Brazil
9.9
2.5
2
1901
0
0
1
1245
4
4000
338
Bulgaria
17.3
44
2
1906
0
0
2
1900
0
0
255
Canada*
86.8
15
18
12595
2
1540
2
2000
0
0
1836
China
50.3
2.0
10
7587
5
4170
13
12920
50
35880
1454
Czech Republic
23.3
31
6
3472
0
0
0
0
2
1900
550
Egypt
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
600
0
Finland
22.3
33
4
2696
1
1600
0
0
0
0
472
France
430.9
79
59
63473
0
0
1
1630
1
1600
10368
Germany
154.6
31
17
20303
0
0
0
0
0
0
3486
Hungary
13.0
37
4
1773
0
0
0
0
0
0
254
India
15.7
2.8
16
3577
7
3178
4
2800
15
11100
491
Indonesia
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
4000
0
Iran
0
0
0
0
1
915
2
1900
3
2850
143
Israel
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1200
0
Japan
280.7
29
55
47700
2
2285
11
14945
1
1100
8872
Kazakhstan
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
300
0
Korea DPR (North)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
950
0
0
0
Korea RO (South)
139.3
45
20
17533
1
950
7
8250
0
0
3037
Lithuania
10.3
70
1
1185
0
0
0
0
1
1000
134
Mexico
10.8
5.0
2
1310
0
0
0
0
2
2000
257
Netherlands
3.8
3.9
1
485
0
0
0
0
0
0
112
Pakistan
1.9
2.8
2
400
1
300
2
600
2
2000
64
Romania
5.1
8.6
1
655
1
655
0
0
3
1995
92
Russia
137.3
16
31
21743
3
2650
8
9600
18
21600
3777
Slovakia
16.3
56
5
2064
0
0
2
840
0
0
299
Slovenia
5.6
42
1
696
0
0
0
0
1
1000
145
South Africa
12.2
5.5
2
1842
0
0
1
165
24
4000
332
Spain
54.7
20
8
7442
0
0
0
0
0
0
1473
Sweden
69.5
45
10
8975
0
0
0
0
0
0
1468
Switzerland
22.1
32
5
3220
0
0
0
0
0
0
575
Turkey
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
4500
0
0
0
Ukraine
83.3
49
15
13168
0
0
2
1900
0
0
2003
United Kingdom
75.2
20
19
10982
0
0
0
0
0
0
2021
USA
780.5
19
103
98254
1
1200
2
2716
21
24000
20050
Vietnam
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2000
0
  NUCLEAR ELECTRICITY GENERATION 2005 REACTORS OPERABLE Jan 2007 REACTORS under CONSTRUCTION Jan 2007 REACTORS PLANNED Jan 2007 REACTORS PROPOSED Jan 2007 URANIUM REQUIRED 2007
billion kWh % e No. MWe No. MWe No. MWe No. MWe tonnes U
WORLD**
2626
16
435
368,860
28
22,735
64
68,861
158
124,225
66,529
  billion kWh  % e  No.  MWe  No.  MWe  No.  MWe  No.  MWe  tonnes U 
  NUCLEAR ELECTRICITY GENERATION 2005 REACTORS OPERATING REACTORS BUILDING ON ORDER or PLANNED PROPOSED URANIUM REQUIRED

Sources:
Reactor data: WNA to 26/03/07.
IAEA - for nuclear electricity production & percentage of electricity (% e) 5/06.
WNA: Global Nuclear Fuel Market (reference scenario) - for U.

Operating = Connected to the grid.
Building/Construction = first concrete for reactor poured, or major refurbishment underway.
Planned = Approvals and funding in place, or construction well advanced but suspended indefinitely.
Proposed = clear intention but still without funding and/or approvals.
TWh = Terawatt-hours (billion kilowatt-hours), MWe = Megawatt net (electrical as distinct from thermal), kWh = kilowatt-hour.

NB: 66,529 tU = 78,458 t U3O8

* In Canada, 'construction' figure is 2 laid-up Bruce A reactors.

** The world total includes 6 reactors on Taiwan with a combined capacity of 4884 MWe, which generated a total of 38.4 billion kWh in 2005 (accounting for 20% of Taiwan's total electricity generation). Taiwan has two reactors under construction with a combined capacity of 2600 MWe.

 



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