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World Nuclear Power Reactors & Uranium Requirements

Updated Tuesday, 7 May 2024

The World Nuclear Association's Country Profiles, linked to below, provide more detail of what is tabulated here.

COUNTRY

(Click name for
Country Profile)
NUCLEAR ELECTRICITY GENERATION 2022
REACTORS OPERABLE
REACTORS UNDER CONSTRUCTION
REACTORS PLANNED
REACTORS PROPOSED
URANIUM REQUIRED 2024

TWh
% e
No.
MWe net
No.
MWe gross
No.
MWe gross
No.
MWe gross
tonnes U
Argentina
7.5
5.4
3
1641
1
29
1
1150
1
750
219
Armenia
2.6
31.0
1
416
0
0
0
0
1
1060
55
Bangladesh
0
0
0
0
2
2400
0
0
2
2400
371
Belarus
4.4
11.9
2
2220
0
0
0
0
0
0
357
Belgium
41.7
46.4
5
3916
0
0
0
0
0
0
516
Brazil 
13.7
2.5
2
1884
1
1405
0
0
8
8000
339
Bulgaria
15.8
32.6
2
2006
0
0
2
2300
0
0
334
Canada
81.7
12.9
19
13,661
0
0
2
400
9
5700
1455
China
395.4
5.0
56
54,362
26
29,755
41
44,660
158
186,450
13,132
Czech Republic
29.3
36.7
6
4212
0
0
1
1200
3
3600
715
Egypt
0
0
0
0
4
4800
0
0
0
0
0
Finland
24.2
35.0
5
4369
0
0
0
0
0
0
616
France
282.1
62.5
56
61,370
1
1650
0
0
6
9900
8232
Germany
31.9
5.8
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Hungary
15.0
47.0
4
1916
0
0
2
2400
0
0
320
India
42.0
3.1
23
7425
7
5900
12
8400
28
32,000
1725
Iran
6.0
1.7
1
915
1
1057
2
1417
6
5200
153
Japan †
51.9
6.1
33
31,679
2
2756
1
1385
8
11,562
2180
Kazakhstan
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1200
0
Korea RO (South)
167.5
30.4
26
25,825
2
2680
2
2800
0
0
4309
Mexico
10.5
4.5
2
1552
0
0
0
0
2
2000
237
Netherlands
3.9
3.3
1
482
0
0
0
0
2
2000
69
Pakistan
22.2
16.2
6
3262
0
0
1
1170
0
0
555
Poland
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
3750
26
10,000
0
Romania
10.2
19.4
2
1300
0
0
2
1440
6
462
185
Russia
209.5
19.6
36
26,802
4
3988
14
8930
36
37,716
5436
Saudi Arabia
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2900
0
Slovakia
14.8
59.2
5
2308
1
471
0
0
1
1200
527
Slovenia
5.3
42.6
1
688
0
0
0
0
1
1200
127
South Africa
10.1
4.9
2
1854
0
0
0
0
2
2400
277
Spain
56.0
20.3
7
7123
0
0
0
0
0
0
1218
Sweden
50.0
29.4
6
6944
0
0
2
2500
0
0
932
Switzerland
23.2
36.4
4
2973
0
0
0
0
0
0
412
Turkey
0
0
0
0
4
4800
0
0
8
9600
882
Ukraine † ‡
58.7
-
15
13,107
2
1900
2
2500
7
8750
1673
UAE
19.3
6.8
4
5348
0
0
0
0
2
2800
853
United Kingdom
43.5
14.2
9
5883
2
3440
2
3340
2

2300
817
USA
772.2
18.2
94
96,952
0
0
0
0
13
10,500
18,137
Uzbekistan
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2400
0
WORLD*
2545.3
9.8%**
440
396,269
60
67,031
92
89,742
343
364,050
67,517
 
TWh
% e
No.
MWe
No.
MWe
No.
MWe
No.
MWe
tonnes U

 

Sources:

 

Reactor and electricity data: International Atomic Energy Agency Power Reactor Information System (PRIS); US Energy Information Administration; company data; World Nuclear Association estimates
World Nuclear Association, The Nuclear Fuel Report (published September 2023, reference scenario forecast) – for uranium requirements

Notes:

67,517 tU = 79,619 t U3O8

Operable = Connected to the grid.
Under Construction = First concrete for reactor poured.
Planned = Approvals, funding or commitment in place, mostly expected to be in operation within the next 15 years.
Proposed = Specific programme or site proposals; timing very uncertain.

* World figures include Taiwan, which generated a total of 22.9 TWh from nuclear in 2022 (accounting for 9.1% of Taiwan's total electricity generation). As of February 2024 the island has two operable reactors with a combined net capacity of 1874 MWe.

** International Energy Agency data for year 2021 (latest available).

† Under Construction figures include a number of units where construction is currently suspended: Angra 3 (Brazil); Ohma 1 and Shimane 3 (Japan); Khmelnitski 3&4 (Ukraine).

‡ Ukraine 2022 electricity generation estimated.

New plants coming online are largely balanced by old plants being retired. Over the past 20 years (2004-2023), 107 reactors were retired as 100 started operation. However, the reactors grid connected during this period were larger, on average, than those shutdown, so capacity increased by about 19 GW. The Reference Scenario in the 2023 edition of The Nuclear Fuel Report (Table 2.5) has 66 reactors closing by 2040, and 308 new ones coming online (figures include 31 Japanese reactors online by 2040).

TWh = terawatt hour (billion kilowatt hours); kWh = kilowatt hour; MWe = megawatt (electrical as distinct from thermal).

Note: This table is routinely updated approximately every two months, and more frequently as required.
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