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Nuclear Power Plants Worldwide

31 Countries Worldwide Rely on Nuclear Energy (As of 09/2012)

In September 2012, there were 439 nuclear power plants with an installed gross electrical output of 392 GWe in operation in 31 countries and 65 nuclear power plants with a gross electrical output of nearly 69 GWe under construction in 14 countries.

The net global electricity production from nuclear energy in 2011 was approx. 2,497.1 billion kWh. A cumulative figure of around 65,600 billion kWh has been generated since the first electricity production in a nuclear power plant - in the fast breeder EBR-1 in the USA on 20 December 1951.

(Source: atw)

Country	NPPs Operating	Rated Power (gross, MWe)	NPPs Under Construction	Rated Power (gross, MWe)
Argentina	2	1,005	1	745
Armenia	1	408
Belgium	7	6,213
Brazil	2	2,007	1	1,300
Bulgaria	2	2,000
Canada	20	15,075
China, mainland	16	12,617	26	29,009
Czech Republic	6	3,936
Finland	4	2,800	1	1,600
France	58	65,880	1	1,600
Germany	9	12,696
Hungary	4	2,000
India	21	5,780	6	4,300
Iran	1	1,000
Japan	51	46,628	2	2,760
Korea RO (South)	23	21,501	4	5,200
Mexico	2	1,366
Netherlands	1	515
Pakistan	3	787	2	680
Romania	2	1,412
Russian Federation	33	25,242	10	8,560
Slovak Republic	4	1,890	2	880
Slovenia	1	727
South Africa	2	1,888
Spain	8	7,728
Sweden	10	9,494
Switzerland	5	3,430
Taiwan	6	5,144	2	2,712
Ukraine	15	13,818
United Arab Emirates			2	2,800
United Kingdom	16	10,907
USA	104	106,353	5	6,740
All 09/2012	439	392,247	65	68,886

Top Ten 2012

German NPP operators have managed to repeat the excellent result of 2011. Power plant units in Germany also achieved four of the ten best production results worldwide last year. In fourth place in the Top Ten is Isar 2 (12.08 billion kWh), followed immediately by Grohnde (11.69 billion kWh) and Emsland (11.43 billion kWh). The Neckarwestheim II plant occupies 10th place (11.13 billion kWh).

	Country	NPP	Operator	Manufacturer	Gross Design Electrical Rating MW	Gross Electrical Energy Generated bn. kWh
1	France	Chooz B1	EDF	Framatome	1,560	12.97
2	France	Civeaux 1	EDF	Framatome	1,561	12.12
3	USA	Palo Verde 1	Arizona NPP	Combustion Engineering	1,428	12.11
4	Germany	Isar 2	E.ON Kernkraft	Siemens KWU	1,485	12.08
5	Germany	Grohnde	E.ON Kernkraft	Siemens KWU	1,430	11.69
6	Germany	Emsland	KLE	Siemens KWU	1,400	11.43
7	USA	Millstone 3	DOMINION	Westinghouse	1,280	11.23
8	USA	Callaway	AmerenUE	Westinghouse	1,275	11.20
9	USA	South Texas 1	STP NOC	Westinghouse	1,354	11.19
10	Germany	Neckarwestheim II	EnKK	Siemens KWU	1,400	11.13