Nuclear Energy by Country

 

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 −

Country

Number of reactors

Generated electricity (GWh)

domestic generation share in %

Argentina

3

7677.36

5.60%

Armenia

1

2194.85

31.40%

Belgium

7

41430.45

51.70%

Brazil

2

14970.46

2.90%

Bulgaria

2

15083.45

35%

Canada

19

95650.19

15.60%

China Mainland

36

197829.04

3.60%

Czech Republic

6

22729.87

29.40%

Finland

4

22280.1

33.70%

France

58

386452.88

72.30%

Germany

8

80069.61

13.10%

Hungary

4

15183.01

51.30%

India

22

35006.83

3.40%

Iran

1

5923.97

2.10%

Japan

43

17537.14

2.20%

Republic of Korea

25

154306.65

30.30%

Netherlands

1

3749.81

3.40%

Mexico

2

10272.29

6.20%

Pakistan

4

5438.9

4.40%

Romania

2

10388.2

17.10%

Russia

37

184054.09

17.10%

Slovakia

4

13733.35

54.10%

Slovenia

1

5431.27

35.20%

South Africa

2

15209.47

6.60%

Spain

7

56102.44

21.40%

Sweden

10

60647.4

40.00%

Switzerland

5

20303.12

34.40%

Taiwan

6

30461.09

13.70%

Ukraine

15

76077.79

52.30%

United Kingdom

15

65148.98

20.40%

United States

100

804872.94

19.70%

World total

452

2,476 TWh

10.9%