Capacity up, reactor numbers down
05 January 2007
World nuclear capacity increased by about 475 MWe during 2006. However the net number of reactors operating around the world fell by six to 435.
Eight older plants were retired from service. One reactor in
Zorita
,
Spain
closed in April, the
UK
's four oldest reactors at Dungeness A and Sizewell A closed at the end of December, as did
Bulgaria
's two oldest units at
Kozloduy and
Slovakia
's oldest unit at
Bohunice as a condition of EU entry.
Tianwan 1 reactor in
China
and Tarapur 3 in
India
entered operation while nine reactors had power uprates, to more than compensate for the loss in capacity of the older reactors.
Compared with a year ago, two more reactors were under construction, 25 more were planned and 45 more were proposed.
World Nuclear Power Reactors as of 4 January 2007
| |
REACTORS OPERABLE
Jan 2007
|
REACTORS UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Jan 2007
|
REACTORS PLANNED
Jan 2007
|
REACTORS PROPOSED
Jan 2007
|
| |
No.
|
MWe
|
No.
|
MWe
|
No.
|
MWe
|
No.
|
MWe
|
| Argentina |
2
|
935
|
1
|
692
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
700
|
| Armenia |
1
|
376
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1000
|
| Belgium |
7
|
5728
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Brazil |
2
|
1901
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1245
|
4
|
4000
|
| Bulgaria |
2
|
1906
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
1900
|
0
|
0
|
| Canada* |
18
|
12595
|
2
|
1540
|
2
|
2000
|
0
|
0
|
| China |
10
|
7587
|
5
|
4170
|
13
|
12920
|
50
|
35880
|
| CzechRepublic |
6
|
3472
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
1900
|
| Egypt |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
600
|
| Finland |
4
|
2696
|
1
|
1600
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| France |
59
|
63473
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1630
|
1
|
1600
|
| Germany |
17
|
20303
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Hungary |
4
|
1773
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| India |
16
|
3577
|
7
|
3178
|
4
|
2800
|
15
|
11100
|
| Indonesia |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
4000
|
| Iran |
0
|
0
|
1
|
915
|
2
|
1900
|
3
|
2850
|
| Israel |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1200
|
| Japan |
55
|
47700
|
2
|
2285
|
11
|
14945
|
1
|
1100
|
| Kazakhstan |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
300
|
| KoreaDPR (North) |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
950
|
0
|
0
|
| KoreaRO (South) |
20
|
17533
|
1
|
950
|
7
|
8250
|
0
|
0
|
| Lithuania |
1
|
1185
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1000
|
| Mexico |
2
|
1310
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
2000
|
| Netherlands |
1
|
452
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Pakistan |
2
|
400
|
1
|
300
|
2
|
600
|
2
|
2000
|
| Romania |
1
|
655
|
1
|
655
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
1995
|
| Russia |
31
|
21743
|
3
|
2650
|
8
|
9600
|
18
|
21600
|
| Slovakia |
5
|
2064
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
840
|
0
|
0
|
| Slovenia |
1
|
696
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1000
|
| South Africa |
2
|
1842
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
165
|
24
|
4000
|
| Spain |
8
|
7442
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Sweden |
10
|
8975
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Switzerland |
5
|
3220
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Turkey |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
4500
|
0
|
0
|
| Ukraine |
15
|
13168
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
1900
|
0
|
0
|
| United Kingdom |
19
|
10982
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| USA |
103
|
98254
|
1
|
1200
|
2
|
2716
|
21
|
24000
|
| Vietnam |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
2000
|
WORLD**
|
435
|
368,827
|
28
|
22,735
|
64
|
68,861
|
158
|
124,225
|
* In Canada, 'construction' figure represents the two laid-up Bruce A reactors.
** The world total includes six reactors on Taiwan with a combined capacity of 4884 MWe, which generated a total of 38.4 billion kWh in 2005 (accounting for 20% of Taiwan's total electricity generation). Taiwan has two reactors under construction with a combined capacity of 2600 MWe.
Further information
WNN: EU accession brings early reactor closures
WNN: UK nuclear retirements