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Nuclear power plants, world-wide
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On December 20, 1951, at the Experimental Breeder Reactor EBR-I in Arco, Idaho, USA, for the first time electricity - illuminating four light bulbs - was produced by nuclear energy. EBR-I was not designed to produce electricity but to validate the breeder reactor concept.
First electricity production by nuclear energy
Experimental Breeder Reactor EBR-I, 20 Dec.1951, Arco, Idaho, USA
On June 26, 1954, at Obninsk, Russia, the nuclear power plant APS-1 with a net electrical output of 5 MW was connected to the power grid, the world's first nuclear power plant that generated electricity for commercial use. On August 27, 1956 the first commercial nuclear power plant, Calder Hall 1, Eng-land, with a net electrical output of 50 MW was connected to the national grid.
As of Feb 10, 2010 in 30 countries 436 nuclear power plant units with an installed electric net capacity of about 370 GW are in operation and 56 plants with an installed capacity of 52 GW are in 15 countries under construction.
As of end 2008 the total electricity production since 1951 amounts to 62,048 billion kWh. The cumulative operating experience amounted to 13,475 years by the end of 2008.
| Country |
In operation |
Under construction | |||
| Number |
Electr. net output |
Number |
Electr. net output |
||
| Argentina |
2 |
935 |
1 |
692 |
|
| Armenia |
1 |
376 |
- |
- |
|
| Belgium |
7 |
5,863 |
- |
- |
|
| Brazil |
2 |
1,884 |
- |
- |
|
| Bulgaria |
2 |
1,906 |
2 |
1,906 |
|
| Canada |
18 |
12,573 |
- |
- |
|
| China |
11 |
8,438 |
21 |
20,920 |
|
| Czech Republic |
6 |
3,678 |
- |
- |
|
| Finland |
4 |
2,696 |
1 |
1,600 |
|
| France |
58 |
63,130 |
1 |
1,600 |
|
| Germany |
17 |
20,470 |
- |
- |
|
| Hungary |
4 |
1,889 |
- |
- |
|
| India |
18 |
3,984 |
5 |
2,709 |
|
| Iran |
- |
- |
1 |
915 |
|
| Japan |
54 |
46,823 |
1 |
1,325 |
|
| Korea, Republic |
20 |
17,647 |
6 |
6,520 |
|
Mexico |
2 |
1,300 |
- |
- |
|
Netherlands |
1 |
482 |
- |
- |
|
Pakistan |
2 |
425 |
1 |
300 |
|
Romania |
2 |
1,300 |
- |
- |
|
Russian Federation |
31 |
21,743 |
9 |
6,894 |
|
Slovakian Republic |
4 |
1,762 |
2 |
810 |
|
Slovenia |
1 |
666 |
- |
- |
|
South Africa |
2 |
1,800 |
- |
- |
|
| Spain |
8 |
7,450 |
- |
- |
|
Sweden |
10 |
8,992 |
- |
- |
|
Switzerland |
5 |
3,238 |
- |
- |
|
Taiwan |
6 |
4,949 |
2 |
2,600 |
|
Ukraine |
15 |
13,107 |
2 |
1,900 |
|
United Kingdom |
19 |
10,097 |
- |
- |
|
USA |
104 |
100,683 |
1 |
1,165 |
|
Total |
436 |
370,326 |
56 |
51,855 |
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Nuclear power plants world-wide, in operation and under construction, as of Feb 10, 2010
Number of reactors in operation, worldwide,
Feb 2010 (IAEA, modified)
Nuclear power plants under construction, February 2010 (IAEA 2009, modified)
Nuclear share in electricity generation, 2008 (IAEA 2009, modified)
Number of nuclear reactors worldwide by age as of March 2009 (IAEA 2009)
Nuclear Power Plants, energy availability factor 1991
- 2008 (IAEA 2009)