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 2010-01-01 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 51 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
MW |
Number |
Electr. net output
MW |
| Argentina |
2 |
935 |
1 |
692 |
| Armenia |
1 |
376 |
- |
- |
| Belgium |
7 |
5,863 |
- |
- |
| Brazil |
2 |
1,766 |
- |
- |
| Bulgaria |
2 |
1,906 |
2 |
1,906 |
| Canada |
18 |
12,577 |
- |
- |
| China |
11 |
8,438 |
20 |
19,920 |
| Czech Republic |
6 |
3,678 |
- |
- |
| Finland |
4 |
2,696 |
1 |
1,600 |
| France |
59 |
63,260 |
1 |
1,600 |
| Germany |
17 |
20,470 |
- |
- |
| Hungary |
4 |
1,859 |
- |
- |
| India |
18 |
3,984 |
5 |
2,709 |
| Iran |
- |
- |
1 |
915 |
| Japan |
53 |
45,957 |
2 |
2,191 |
| 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 |
1,711 |
2 |
810 |
Slovenia |
1 |
666 |
- |
- |
South Africa |
2 |
1,800 |
- |
- |
| Spain |
8 |
7,450 |
- |
- |
Sweden |
10 |
8,958 |
- |
- |
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 |
369,321 |
56 |
51,721 |
Nuclear power plants world-wide, in
operation and under construction, as of Jan 2010

Number of reactors in operation, worldwide,
Jan 2010 (IAEA, modified)


Nuclear power plants under construction,
Jan 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)
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