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Appendix D – World nuclear power reactors

The following table, published by the World Nuclear Association, lists the world’s nuclear power reactors operating in 2004–06, the amount of electricity generated in 2004, reactors under construction, planned and proposed, and their uranium requirements as at 25 May 2006.

World nuclear power reactors 2004–06 and uranium requirements, as at 25 May 2006

 

NUCLEAR ELECTRICITY GENERATION 2004–05

REACTORS OPERABLE
May 2006

REACTORS under CONSTRUCTION
May 2006

REACTORS PLANNED
May 2006

REACTORS PROPOSED
May 2006

URANIUM REQUIRED
2006

 

billion kWh

% e

2005

No.

MWe

No.

MWe

No.

MWe

No.

MWe

tonnes U

Argentina

7.3

6.9

2

935

1

692

0

0

0

0

134

Armenia

2.2

43

1

376

0

0

0

0

1

1000

51

Belgium

44.9

56

7

5 728

0

0

0

0

0

0

1 075

Brazil

11.5

2.5

2

1 901

0

0

1

1 245

0

0

336

Bulgaria

15.6

44

4

2722

0

0

2

1 900

0

0

253

Canada

85.3

15

18

12 595

0

0

2

1 540

0

0

1 635

China

47.8

2.2

10

7 587

5

4 170

5

4 600

19

15 000

1 294

Czech Republic

26.3

31

6

3 472

0

0

0

0

2

1 900

540

Egypt

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

600

0

Finland

21.8

33

4

2 676

1

1 600

0

0

0

0

473

France

426.8

79

59

63 473

0

0

1

1 630

1

1 630

10 146

Germany

158.4

31

17

20 303

0

0

0

0

0

0

3 458

Hungary

11.2

37

4

1 755

0

0

0

0

0

0

251

India

15.0

2.8

15

2 993

8

3 638

0

0

24

13 160

1 334

Indonesia

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

4

4 000

0

Iran

0

0

0

0

1

915

2

1 900

3

2 850

0

Israel

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1 200

0

Japan

273.8

29

55

47 700

1

866

12

14 782

0

0

8 169

Korea DPR (North)

0

0

0

0

1

950

1

950

0

0

0

Korea RO (South)

124.0

38

20

16 840

0

0

8

9 200

0

0

3 037

Lithuania

13.9

72

1

1 185

0

0

0

0

1

1 000

134

Mexico

10.6

5.2

2

1 310

0

0

0

0

2

2 000

256

Netherlands

3.6

3.9

1

452

0

0

0

0

0

0

112

Pakistan

1.9

2.4

2

425

1

300

0

0

2

1 200

64

Romania

5.1

8.6

1

655

1

655

0

0

3

1 995

176

Russia

133.0

16

31

21 743

4

3 600

1

925

8

9 375

3 439

Slovakia

15.6

56

6

2 472

0

0

0

0

2

840

356

Slovenia

5.2

42

1

676

0

0

0

0

0

0

144

South Africa

14.3

5.5

2

1 842

0

0

1

165

24

4 000

329

Spain

60.9

20

8

7 442

0

0

0

0

0

0

1 505

Sweden

75.0

47

10

8 938

0

0

0

0

0

0

1 435

Switzerland

25.4

32

5

3 220

0

0

0

0

0

0

575

Turkey

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

3

4 500

0

Ukraine

81.1

49

15

13 168

0

0

2

1 900

0

0

1 988

United Kingdom

73.7

20

23

11 852

0

0

0

0

0

0

2 158

USA

788.6

19

103

98 034

1

1 065

0

0

13

17 000

19 715

Vietnam

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

2 000

0

WORLD**

2 618.6

16

441

369 374

27

21 361

38

40 737

115

83 620

65 478

 

billion kWh

% e

No.

MWe

No.

MWe

No.

MWe

No.

MWe

tonnes U

 

NUCLEAR ELECTRICITY GENERATION 2004–05

REACTORS OPERATING

REACTORS BUILDING

ON ORDER or PLANNED

PROPOSED

URANIUM REQUIRED

Source World Nuclear Association, World Nuclear Power Reactors 2004-06 and Uranium Requirements (as at 25 May 2006 ), viewed 1 June 2006 ,
<http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/reactors.htm>.

Notes:
Building/Construction = first concrete for reactor poured, or major refurbishment under way
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 electrical (electrical as distinct from thermal)
kWh = kilowatt-hour.
Total uranium required: 65 478 t U = 77 218 t U3O8

** The world total includes 6 reactors on Taiwan with a combined capacity of 4 884 MWe, which generated a total of 37.9 TWh in 2004 (accounting for 21 per cent of Taiwan's total electricity generation). Taiwan has two reactors under construction with a combined capacity of 2 600 MWe.

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