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Table 1: World regional distribution of nuclear power plants (from Reference 2).
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Region |
No. of reactors |
Total capacity (MWe) |
Total operating
experience* |
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Western Europe |
150 |
126 094 |
3843 |
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North America |
118 |
107 143 |
2875 |
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Eastern Europe |
68 |
45 309 |
1277 |
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East Asia |
78 |
63 732 |
1193 |
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Middle East & South Asia |
12 |
2 022 |
197 |
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Latin America |
5 |
2 921 |
76 |
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Africa |
2 |
1 842 |
30 |
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World total |
433 |
349 063 |
9491 |
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*Including experience with shut down reactors; rounded to full years.
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The Need for Innovative Nuclear Reactor and Fuel Cycle Systems
© copyright The Uranium Institute 2000