Only the commercial reactors registered with the International Atomic Energy Agency are listed below. If a country does not appear in this table, it means it has no nuclear power plants and no current plans to build them. Research reactors are not included in the list.
The columns mean:
The columns mean:
- Oper. - Operating reactors, connected to the electrical grid
- Cons. - Reactors under construction. First concrete has been poured or a major refurbishment is underway.
- Plan. - Planned reactors. Approvals made, funding granted or major commitment in place. Expected to start operation in 8–10 years.
- Prop. - Proposed reactors. Mostly expected to start operation in 15 years.
Country | Oper. | Cons. | Plan. | Prop. | References and notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Argentina | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
Armenia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Replacement[5] |
Bangladesh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | To be built by Russia.[6] |
Belarus | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Belgium | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Phase-out postponed[7] |
Brazil | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | [8] |
Bulgaria | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Four reactors were shutdown in 2004 and 2007. |
Canada | 18 | 2 | 4 | 13 | |
China (PRC) | 13 | 27 | 50 | 110 | 70 GWe by 2020(~5%)[9] |
Croatia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | The reactor is in Slovenia, but 50% is owned by Croatia |
Czech Republic | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
Egypt | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Four plants by 2025[10][11] with help and training from Russia, Korea, US, France, China, and Australia.[12] |
Finland | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | [13] |
France | 58 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
Germany | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Phase-out postponed[14][15] |
Hungary | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
India | 20 | 4 | 20 | 40 | |
Indonesia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
Iran | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | The Bushehr reactor has been loaded with fuel, but is not connected to the grid yet.[16] |
Israel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Italy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | A 1-year moratorium on construction of new plants is in effect since March 2011.[17] |
Japan | 55 | 2 | 12 | 1 | |
Jordan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | to start operation in 2020 |
Kazakhstan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Korea, North (DPRK) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Korea, South (ROK) | 21 | 5 | 6 | 0 | |
Mexico | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Pakistan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
Poland | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
Romania | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
Russia | 32 | 10 | 14 | 30 | |
Slovakia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
Slovenia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Half of output to Croatia |
South Africa | 2 | 0 | 3 | 24 | |
Spain | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Stable[18] |
Sweden | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Switzerland | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | [19] |
Taiwan (ROC) | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
Thailand | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
Turkey | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | To be built by Japan, Russia and South-Korea[20][21] |
Ukraine | 15 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 2 new reactors by 2030[22][23] |
United Arab Emirates | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | To be built by 2017 by S. Korean consortium[24] |
United Kingdom | 19 | 0 | 4 | 6 | |
United States | 104 | 1 | 9 | 22 | |
Vietnam | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | |
World | 441 | 58 | 152 | 347 |