Nuclear Energy by Country

Boomi Nathan
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Globally, there are about 31 countries in which nuclear power plants are functional. However, a few countries, such as France, Slovakia, Ukraine, Belgium, and Hungary use nuclear energy as the main source for a majority of the country’s electricity supply.

A group of countries including Australia, Austria, Denmark, Italy, Greece, Portugal, Ireland, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, New Zealand, Norway, and Philippines have no nuclear power stations and they oppose such nuclear energy production.

The following table lists down the countries and the number of nuclear power plants in them −

CountryNumber of reactorsGenerated electricity (GWh)domestic generation share in %
Argentina37677.365.60%
Armenia12194.8531.40%
Belgium741430.4551.70%
Brazil214970.462.90%
Bulgaria215083.4535%
Canada1995650.1915.60%
China Mainland36197829.043.60%
Czech Republic622729.8729.40%
Finland422280.133.70%
France58386452.8872.30%
Germany880069.6113.10%
Hungary415183.0151.30%
India2235006.833.40%
Iran15923.972.10%
Japan4317537.142.20%
Republic of Korea25154306.6530.30%
Netherlands13749.813.40%
Mexico210272.296.20%
Pakistan45438.94.40%
Romania210388.217.10%
Russia37184054.0917.10%
Slovakia413733.3554.10%
Slovenia15431.2735.20%
South Africa215209.476.60%
Spain756102.4421.40%
Sweden1060647.440.00%
Switzerland520303.1234.40%
Taiwan630461.0913.70%
Ukraine1576077.7952.30%
United Kingdom1565148.9820.40%
United States100804872.9419.70%
World total4522,476 TWh10.9%
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