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<strong>atw</strong> Vol. 65 (2020) | Issue 10 ı October<br />

522<br />

Country In operation Under construction<br />

Number<br />

Capacity<br />

gross<br />

[MWe]<br />

net<br />

[MWe]<br />

Number<br />

Capacity<br />

gross<br />

[MWe]<br />

net<br />

[MWe]<br />

Net nuclear<br />

electricity<br />

production<br />

[TWh]<br />

<strong>Nuclear</strong><br />

share<br />

total<br />

[%]<br />

REPORT<br />

Netherlands, The 1 515 482 0 0 0 3.70 3.10<br />

Pakistan 5 1 467 1 355 2 2 200 2 028 9.07 6.60<br />

Romania 2 1 412 1 305 0 0 0 10.37 18.50<br />

Russia [6] 38 31 535 29 557 6 4 930 4 585 195.54 19.70<br />

Slovak Republic 4 1 950 1 816 2 942 880 14.28 53.90<br />

Slovenia 1 727 696 0 0 0 5.53 37.00<br />

South Africa 2 1 940 1 860 0 0 0 13.61 6.70<br />

Spain 7 7 398 7 121 0 0 0 55.86 21.40<br />

Sweden [7] 7 7 743 7 498 0 0 0 64.43 34.00<br />

Switzerland [8] 4 3 095 2 960 0 0 0 25.37 23.90<br />

Taiwan, China [9] 4 4 577 4 424 2 2 712 2 630 31.15 13.40<br />

Turkey 0 0 0 1 1 200 1 114<br />

Ukraine 15 13 818 13 090 0 0 0 78.14 53.90<br />

United Arab Emirates 0 0 0 4 5 600 5 380 - -<br />

United Kingdom [10] 15 10 366 9 361 2 3 440 3 260 51.03 15.60<br />

United States of America [11] 96 108 131 102 033 2 2 500 2 230 809.36 19.70<br />

Total 443 419 916 397 350 54 59 137 55 235 2657.10 11.00<br />

| Tab. 1.<br />

<strong>Nuclear</strong> power plant units worldwide in operation and under construction (set date: 31 December 2019), nuclear electricity production and share of nuclear power of total electricity<br />

production in 2019 [Source: plant operators, IAEO, <strong>atw</strong>].<br />

[1] China: 2 units, start of operation, 2 units start of new build; [2] Germany: 1 unit permanently shut-down; [3] Iran: 1 unit start of new build; [4] Japan: 5 units permanently shut-down;<br />

[5] Korea, Republic of: 1 unit, start of operation; 1 unit permanently shut-down; [6] Russia: : 1 unit, start of operation, 1 unit permanently shut-down, 1 unit start of new build;<br />

[7] Sweden: 1 unit permanently shut-down; [8] Switzerland: 1 unit permanently shut-down; [9] Taiwan, China: 1 unit permanently shut-down; [10] United Kingdom: 1 unit start of new build;<br />

[11] United States of America: 2 units shut-down<br />

Mexico 2<br />

Canada 19<br />

USA 96 |2<br />

Slovak Republic 4|2<br />

Czech Republic 6 Hungary 4<br />

Finland 4|1<br />

Slovenia 1<br />

Sweden 7<br />

Belarus -|2<br />

Netherlands 1<br />

United Kingdom 15|2<br />

Russia 38|6<br />

Belgium 7<br />

Germany 6<br />

Switzerland 4<br />

France 58|1<br />

Spain 7<br />

Ukraine 15<br />

Romania 2<br />

Bulgaria 2<br />

Armenia 1<br />

Turkey 1<br />

Iran 1|1<br />

UAE -|4<br />

Pakistan 5|2<br />

China 48|11<br />

Bangladesh |1<br />

Rep. Korea 24|4<br />

Japan 33|2<br />

Taiwan, China 4|2<br />

India 22|7<br />

Brazil 2|1<br />

Argentina 3|1<br />

South Africa 2<br />

<strong>Nuclear</strong> power plant units in operation: 443, location with units ( first number)<br />

<strong>Nuclear</strong> power plant units under construction: 54, location with units ( second number)<br />

| Fig. 1.<br />

World map nuclear power plants in operation and under construction at the end of 2019. As of: 31.12.2019, 12 p.m. <strong>atw</strong>, 10/2020<br />

Worldwide 13 nuclear power units were definitively<br />

taken out of commission in 2019: Germany, Philippsburg 2<br />

(BWR, first criticality 1984); Japan Fukushima Daini 1<br />

(BWR, first criticality 1981), Fukushima Daini 2 (BWR,<br />

first criticality 1983), Fukushima Daini 3 (BWR, first<br />

criticality 1984), Fukushima Daini 4 (BWR, first criticality<br />

1986), Genkai 2 (BWR, first criticality 1980); Republic of<br />

Korea: Wolsong 1 (Candu, first criticality 1982); Russia:<br />

Bilibinsk 1 (LWGR, first criticality 1973); Sweden:<br />

Ringhals 2 (PWR, first criticality 1973); Switzerland<br />

Mühleberg (BWR, first criticality 1971), Taiwan, China:<br />

Chinshan 2 (BWR, first criticality 1977); USA: Pilgrim 1<br />

(BWR, first criticality 1972), Three Mile Island 1 (BWR,<br />

first criticality 1974) (Table 2). In Japan, 5 plants have<br />

been declared finally shutdown in 2019 subsequent in the<br />

year 2020.<br />

Report<br />

<strong>Nuclear</strong> <strong>Power</strong> World Report 2019

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