Nuclear power plants in Europe
As of February 2010 there is a total of 194 nuclear power plant units with an installed electric net capacity of 168 GWe in operation in Europe and 17 units with 14,7 GWe were under construction in six countries.
Country |
in
operation |
under
construction |
number |
net
capacity MWe |
number |
net capacity MWe |
Belgium |
7 |
5,863 |
- |
- |
Bulgaria |
2 |
1,906 |
|
|
Czech Repuplic |
6 |
3,678 |
- |
- |
Finland |
4 |
2,696 |
|
|
France |
58 |
63,130 |
|
|
Germany |
17 |
20,470 |
- |
- |
Hungary |
4
|
1,889 |
- |
- |
Netherlands |
1 |
482 |
- |
- |
Romania |
2 |
1,300 |
- |
- |
Russian Federation |
31 |
21,743 |
9 |
6,894 |
Slovakian Republic |
4 |
1,762 |
|
|
Slovenia |
1 |
666 |
- |
- |
Spain |
8 |
7,450 |
- |
- |
Sweden |
10 |
8,992 |
- |
- |
Switzerland |
5 |
3,238 |
- |
- |
Ukraine |
15 |
13,107 |
2 |
1,900 |
United Kingdom |
19 |
10,137 |
- |
- |
total |
194 |
168,509 |
17 |
14,710 |
Nuclear power plants in Europe, in operation and
under construction, as of Feb 2010
In terms of electricity generated by nuclear energy in 2008 France holds the top position with a share of 76.2 % followed by Lithuania with 72.9 %, Slovakian Republic with 54.4 %, Belgium with 53.8 %and Sweden with 42 %.

Nuclear Power Plants in Operation in Europe, January 2010