Nuclear Power Plants Worldwide

In 2010 before the fukushima daiichi nuclear disaster it was reported that an average of about 10 nuclear reactors were expected to become.

Illegal weapon song written in english. This is a list of all the commercial nuclear reactors in the world sorted by country with operational status. According to the nuclear energy agency new nuclear power stations in the uk such as the planned hinkley point c plant would be the worlds most costly. Nuclear power plants currently operate in 30 countries.

About 30 countries are considering planning or starting nuclear power. Anti nuclear campaigners say the high cost of nuclear means the money would be better spent on renewables and energy efficiency. Italy and denmark for example get almost 10 of their electricity from imported nuclear.

Industry body the world nuclear association says nuclear power is a safe means of generating electricity and that the risk of accidents at plants is low and declining. Many countries with existing nuclear power programmes either have plans to or are building new power reactors. Every country worldwide that has operating nuclear power plants or plants under construction has a dedicated country profile in the information library.

The worlds first commercial nuclear power station calder hall at windscale england was opened in 1956 with an initial capacity of 50 mw per reactor 200 mw total it was the first of a fleet of dual purpose magnox reactors though officially code named pippa pressurized pile producing power and plutonium by the ukaea to denote the plants dual commercial and military role. Includes russia china france south korea. Those power stations that are smaller than 1000 mw and those that are only at a planning or proposal stage may be found in regional lists at the end of the page or in the list of nuclear reactorsthe list is based on figures from pris power reactor information system maintained by.

More stringent safety standards and construction delays also added to costs and enthusiasm for new nuclear wanedthis has been described as a case of negative learning by doing with nuclear costs increasing as capacity has grown. World nuclear association and iaea power reactor information system nuclear essentials information library facts and figures country briefings nuclear fuel cycle current and future generation safety and security energy and the environment economic aspects non power nuclear applications. Civil nuclear power can now boast more than 17000 reactor years of experience and nuclear power plants are operational in 31 countries worldwide.

In fact through regional transmission grids many more countries depend in part on nuclear generated power. Most are in europe north america east asia and south asiathe united states is the largest producer of nuclear power while france has the largest share of electricity generated by nuclear power.