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Table of World Nuclear Reactors 2013 & Uranium Requirements <= Source; World Nuclear Assoc.

	NUCLEAR ELECTRICITY GENERATION 2012		REACTORS OPERABLE Jan 2013		REACTORS UNDER CONSTRUCTION Jan 2013		REACTORS PLANNED Jan 2013		REACTORS PROPOSED Jan 2013		URANIUM REQUIRED
	billion kWh	% e	No.	MWe net	No.	MWe gross	No.	MWe gross	No.	MWe gross	tonnes U
Argentina	5.9	5.0	2	935	1	745	1	33	2	1400	124
Armenia	2.4	33.2	1	376	0	0	1	1060			64
Bangladesh	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2000	0	0	0
Belarus	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2400	2	2400	0
Belgium	45.9	54.0	7	5943	0	0	0	0	0	0	995
Brazil	14.8	3.2	2	1901	1	1405	0	0	4	4000	321
Bulgaria	15.3	32.6	2	1906	0	0	1	950	0	0	313
Canada	88.3	15.3	19	13531	0	0	2	1500	3	3800	1694
Chile	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4400	0
China	82.6	1.8	16	12918	29	29990	51	59800	120	123000	6550
Czech Republic	26.7	33.0	6	3764	0	0	2	2400	1	1200	583
Egypt	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1000	1	1000	0
Finland	22.3	31.6	4	2741	1	1700	0	0	2	3000	471
France	423.5	77.7	58	63130	1	1720	1	1720	1	1100	9254
Germany	102.3	17.8	9	12003	0	0	0	0	0	0	1934
Hungary	14.7	43.2	4	1880	0	0	0	0	2	2200	331
India	28.9	3.7	20	4385	7	5300	18	15100	39	45000	937
Indonesia	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2000	4	4000	0
Iran	0	0	1	915	0	0	2	2000	1	300	170
Israel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1200	0
Italy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	17000	0
Japan	156.2	18.1	50	44396	3	3036	10	13772	3	4000	4636
Jordan	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1000			0
Kazakhstan	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	600	2	600	0
Korea DPR (North)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	950	0
Korea RO (South)	147.8	34.6	23	20787	4	5205	5	7000	0	0	3967
Lithuania	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1350	0	0	0
Malaysia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2000	0
Mexico	9.3	3.6	2	1600	0	0	0	0	2	2000	279
Netherlands	3.9	3.6	1	485	0	0	0	0	1	1000	102
Pakistan	3.8	3.8	3	725	2	680	0	0	2	2000	117
Poland	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	6000	0	0	0
Romania	10.8	19.0	2	1310	0	0	2	1310	1	655	177
Russia	162.0	17.6	33	24164	10	9160	24	24180	20	20000	5488
Saudi Arabia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	17000	0
Slovakia	14.3	54.0	4	1816	2	880	0	0	1	1200	307
Slovenia	5.9	41.7	1	696	0	0	0	0	1	1000	137
South Africa	12.9	5.2	2	1800	0	0	0	0	6	9600	304
Spain	55.1	19.5	7	7002	0	0	0	0	0	0	1355
Sweden	58.1	39.6	10	9399	0	0	0	0	0	0	1394
Switzerland	25.7	40.8	5	3252	0	0	0	0	3	4000	527
Thailand	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5000	0
Turkey	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4800	4	5600	0
Ukraine	84.9	47.2	15	13168	0	0	2	1900	11	12000	2348
UAE	0	0	0	0	0	1400	3	4200	10	14400	0
United Kingdom	62.7	17.8	16	10038	0	0	4	6680	9	12000	2096
USA	790.4	19.2	104	101607	1	1218	13	15660	13	21600	19724
Vietnam	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4000	6	6700	0
WORLD**	2518	13.5	435	374,108	65	65,139	167	184,415	317	359,655	67,990
	billion kWh	% e	No.	MWe	No.	MWe	No.	MWe	No.	MWe	tonnes U
	NUCLEAR ELECTRICITY GENERATION 2007		REACTORS OPERATING		REACTORS BUILDING		ON ORDER or PLANNED		PROPOSED		URANIUM REQUIRED

Operable = Connected to the grid;
Under Construction = first concrete for reactor poured, or major refurbishment under way;
Planned = Approvals, funding or major commitment in place, mostly expected in operation within 8-10 years;
Proposed = Specific program or site proposals, expected operation mostly within 15 years.

New plants coming on line are largely balanced by old plants being retired. Over 1996-2009, 43 reactors were retired as 49 started operation. There are no firm projections for retirements over the period covered by this Table, but WNA estimates that at least 60 of those now operating will close by 2030, most being small plants. The 2011 WNA Market Report reference case has 156 reactors closing by 2030, and 298 new ones coming on line.

TWh = Terawatt-hours (billion kilowatt-hours), MWe = Megawatt (electrical as distinct from thermal), kWh = kilowatt-hour.

67,990 tU = 80,181 t U3O8

** The world total includes 6 reactors operating on Taiwan with a combined capacity of 4927 MWe, which generated a total of 40.4 billion kWh in 2011 (accounting for 19.0% of Taiwan's total electricity generation). Taiwan has two reactors under construction with a combined capacity of 2700 MWe, and one proposed, 1350 MWe. It is expected to require 1291 tU in 2012.