Nuclear power plants in Europe

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As of April 2008 there were a total of 197 nuclear power plant units with an installed electric net capacity of 169,901 MWe in operation in Europe and 13 units with 11,795 MWe were under construction in five countries.

Country	in operation		under construction
	number	net capacity MWe	number	net capacity MWe
Belgium	7	5,824	-	-
Bulgaria	2	1,906	2	1.906
Czech Repuplic	6	3,523	-	-
Finland	4	2,696	1	1,600
France	59	63,260	1	1,600
Germany	17	20,470	-	-
Hungary	4	1,829	-	-
Lithuania	1	1,185	-	-
Netherlands	1	482	-	-
Romania	1	1.310	-	-
Russian Federation	31	21,743	7	4,789
Slovakian Republic	5	2,034	-	-
Slovenia	1	666	-	-
Spain	8	7,450	-	-
Sweden	10	8,974	-	-
Switzerland	5	3,220	-	-
Ukraine	15	13,107	2	1,900
United Kingdom	19	10,222	-	-
total	197	169,901	13	11,795

In the countries of the European Union 35% of electricity are generated by nuclear energy in 2005. France holds the top position with a share of 78.5 % followed by Lithuania with 70 %, Belgium and Slovakian Republic with 56 % and Sweden with 46.7 %.

Nuclear Power Plants in Operation in Europe, April 2008

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