Nuclear Power By Country - Overview

Overview

Of the thirty countries in which nuclear power plants operate, only France, Belgium and Slovakia use them as the primary source of electricity, although many other countries have a significant nuclear power generation capacity. According to the World Nuclear Association, a nuclear power advocacy group, over 45 countries are giving "serious consideration" to introducing a nuclear power capability, with Iran, the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Vietnam, Belarus, and Jordan at the forefront. China, South Korea and India are pursuing ambitious expansions of their nuclear power capacities, with China aiming to increase capacity to at least 60 GWe by 2020, 200 GWe by 2030 and 400 GWe by 2050. South Korea plans to expand its nuclear capacity from 20.7 GWe in 2012 to 27.3 GWe in 2020 and to 43 GWe by 2030. India aims to have 14.6 GWe nuclear power generation capacity by 2020 and 63 GWe by 2032 and to have 25% of all electricity supplied by nuclear power by 2050.

Rank Country Capacity (MW)
(2010)		 Nuclear share of
electricity production
1 United States 101,576 19.3%
2 France 63,130 77.7%
3 Japan 46,934 18.1%
4 Russia 23,643 17.6%
5 South Korea 18,751 34.6%
6 Germany 20,490 17.8%
7 Ukraine 13,107 47.2%
8 Canada 12,604 15.3%
9 China 11,816 1.8%
10 United Kingdom 10,170 17.7%
11 Sweden 9,326 39.6%
12 Spain 7,567 19.5%
13 Belgium 5,927 54.0%
14 Taiwan 5,018 19.0%
15 India 4,391 3.7%
16 Czech Republic 3,763 33.0%
17 Switzerland 3,263 40.8%
18 Finland 2,736 31.6%
19 Bulgaria 1,906 32.6%
20 Hungary 1,889 43.2%
21 Brazil 1,884 3.2%
22 South Africa 1,830 5.2%
23 Slovakia 1,816 54.0%
24 Mexico 1,300 3.6%
24 Romania 1,300 19.0%
26 Argentina 935 5.0%
27 Iran 915 0.0%
28 Pakistan 725 3.8%
29 Slovenia 688 41.7%
30 Netherlands 482 3.6%
31 Armenia 375 33.2%
World 380,257

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