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1 September 2016
In the 'planned' category, this table includes only those future reactors envisaged in specic plans and expected to be
operating in the late 2020s.
The World Nuclear Association country proles linked to this table cover both areas: near-term developments and the
prospective long-term role for nuclear power in national energy policies. They also provide more detail of what is tabulated
here.
NUCLEAR
ELECTRICITY
(Click name GENERATION 2015
for
Country
billion kWh
%e
Prole)
COUNTRY

REACTORS
OPERABLE

REACTORS UNDER
CONSTRUCTION

REACTORS
PLANNED

REACTORS
PROPOSED

URANIUM
REQUIRED

1 Sept 2016

1 Sept 2016

Sept 2016

Sept 2016

2016

No.

MWe net

No.

MWe gross

No.

MWe
gross

No.

MWe
gross

tonnes U

Argentina

6.5

4.8

1627

27

1950

1300

215

Armenia

2.6

34.5

376

1060

88

Bangladesh

2400

Belarus

2388

2400

Belgium

24.8

37.5

5943

1015

Brazil

13.9

2.8

1901

1405

4000

329

Bulgaria

14.7

31.3

1926

950

327

Canada

95.6

16.6

19

13553

1500

3800

1630

Chile

4400

China

161.2

3.0

34

30597

20

22596

42

47930

136

156000

5338

Czech
Republic

25.3

32.5

3904

2400

1200

565

2400

2400

Finland

22.3

33.7

2741

1700

1200

1500

1126

France

419.0

76.3

58

63130

1750

1750

9211

Germany

86.8

14.1

10728

1689

Hungary

15.0

52.7

1889

2400

356

India

34.6

3.5

22

6219

3300

20

18600

44

51000

997

30

4000

3.2

1.3

915

2000

6300

178

Israel

1200

Italy

Japan

4.3

0.5

43

40480

3036

12947

4145

680

Jordan

2000

Kazakhstan

600

600

Korea DPR
(North)

950

Korea RO
(South)

157.2

31.7

25

23017

4200

11600

5013

Egypt

Indonesia
Iran

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NUCLEAR
ELECTRICITY
(Click name GENERATION 2015
for
Country
billion kWh
%e
Prole)
COUNTRY

REACTORS
OPERABLE

REACTORS UNDER
CONSTRUCTION

REACTORS
PLANNED

REACTORS
PROPOSED

URANIUM
REQUIRED

1 Sept 2016

1 Sept 2016

Sept 2016

Sept 2016

2016

No.

MWe net

No.

MWe gross

No.

MWe
gross

No.

MWe
gross

tonnes U

Lithuania

1350

Malaysia

2000

Mexico

11.2

6.8

1600

2000

282

Netherlands

3.9

3,7

485

1000

102

Pakistan

4.3

4.4

725

1841

1161

270

6000

Romania

10.7

17.3

1310

1440

655

179

Russia

182.8

18.6

36

27167

5904

25

27755

23

22800

6264

Saudi
Arabia

16

17000

Slovakia

14.1

55.9

1816

942

1200

917

Slovenia

5.4

38.0

696

1000

137

South
Africa

11.0

4.7

1830

9600

304

Spain

54.8

20.3

7121

1271

Sweden

54.5

34.3

8849

1471

Switzerland

22.2

33.5

3333

4000

521

Thailand

5000

Turkey

4800

4500

Ukraine

82.4

56.5

15

13107

1900

11

12000

2251

5600

10

14400

United
Kingdom

63.9

18.9

15

8883

6100

11800

1734

USA

798.0

19.5

100

100013

5000

18

8312

24

26000

18161

4800

6700

390,808

59

62,389

168

175,585

345

388,600

63,404

MWe

No.

MWe

No.

MWe

No.

MWe

tonnes U

Poland

UAE

Vietnam
WORLD**

2,441
billion kWh

c11.5 447
%e

NUCLEAR
ELECTRICITY
GENERATION

No.

REACTORS
OPERABLE

REACTORS UNDER
CONSTRUCTION

ON ORDER or
PLANNED

PROPOSED

URANIUM
REQUIRED

Sources:
Reactor data: World Nuclear Association to 1/9/16 (excluding nine shutdown German units).
International Atomic Energy Agency Power Reactor Information System for nuclear electricity production & percentage of
electricity (% e).
World Nuclear Association, The Nuclear Fuel Report (September 2015, updated August 2016, reference scenario) for U
63,404 tU = 74,772 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 = Specic programme or site proposals, timing of start of operation very uncertain.
New plants coming on line are largely balanced by old plants being retired. Over 1996-2013, 66 reactors were retired as 71
started operation. There are no rm projections for retirements over the period covered by this Table, but we estimate that
at least 60 of those now operating will close by 2030, most being small plants. The 2015 Nuclear Fuel Report reference

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scenario (Table 2.4) has 132 reactors closing by 2035, and 287 new ones coming on line (gures include 28 Japanese
reactors on line by 2035).
TWh = terawatt-hours (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 35.1 billion kWh in 2015 (accounting for 16.3% of Taiwan's total electricity generation). Taiwan has two reactors
under construction with a combined capacity of 2700 MWe. It was expected to require 783 tU in 2016.
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