Jan 16, 2024
Every Nuclear Power Plant in the World
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Top insights:
- There are 32 countries in the world with at least one operational nuclear power plant.
- China seems to be heavily investing in building its nuclear energy capacity with 23 plants under construction and 35 planned.
- Among European countries, France has the highest nuclear energy capacity and it heavily reliant on it for its energy needs. In 2022, nuclear energy accounted for 62.6% of France's total electricity production. By comparison, the share of nuclear electricity generation in the United States stood at less than 20 percent.
Dataset
Country | Operational | Shutdown | Planned | Under Construction | Total |
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United States | 93 | 41 | 1 | 135 | |
China | 56 | 35 | 23 | 114 | |
France | 56 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 72 |
Russia | 37 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 56 |
South Korea | 25 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 32 |
India | 19 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 41 |
Canada | 19 | 6 | 3 | 28 | |
Ukraine | 15 | 4 | 2 | 21 | |
Japan | 10 | 50 | 9 | 2 | 71 |
United Kingdom | 9 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 49 |
Spain | 7 | 3 | 10 | ||
Sweden | 6 | 7 | 13 | ||
Czechia | 6 | 6 | |||
Pakistan | 6 | 1 | 7 | ||
Belgium | 5 | 3 | 8 | ||
Finland | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||
Slovakia | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | |
Switzerland | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||
Hungary | 4 | 4 | |||
Argentina | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
Belarus | 2 | 2 | |||
Romania | 2 | 2 | |||
Taiwan | 2 | 4 | 6 | ||
Bulgaria | 2 | 4 | 6 | ||
Mexico | 2 | 2 | |||
South Africa | 2 | 2 | |||
Brazil | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
Armenia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
Iran | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |
Slovenia | 1 | 1 | |||
Egypt | 3 | 3 | |||
Kazakhstan | 1 | 1 | |||
Lithuania | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
Bangladesh | 2 | 2 | |||
Germany | 36 | 36 | |||
Türkiye | 4 | 4 | 8 | ||
Indonesia | 1 | 1 | |||
Italy | 4 | 4 |
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