Nuclear power stations operate in 31 countries. Of the thirty countries in which nuclear power plants operate, only France, Belgium, Hungary and Slovakia use them as the primary source of electricity, although many other countries have a significant nuclear power generation capacity. According to the World Nuclear Association, a nuclear power advocacy group, over 45 countries are giving “serious consideration” to introducing a nuclear power capability, with Iran, the United Arab Emirates, Turkey,Vietnam, Belarus, and Jordan at the forefront. China, South Korea and India are pursuing ambitious expansions of their nuclear power capacities
As of June 2011, Germany and Switzerland are phasing-out nuclear power which will be replaced mostly by fossil fuels, and a smaller part renewable energy.
Rank | Country | Capacity (MW) (2014) |
Nuclear share of electricity production, 2013 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
99,081 | 19.4% |
2 | ![]() |
63,130 | 73.3% |
3 | ![]() |
42,388 | 1.7% |
4 | ![]() |
23,643 | 17.5% |
5 | ![]() |
20,721 | 27.6% |
6 | ![]() |
17,978 | 2.1% |
7 | ![]() |
13,538 | 16.0% |
8 | ![]() |
13,107 | 43.6% |
9 | ![]() |
12,068 | 15.4% |
10 | ![]() |
9,474 | 42.7% |
11 | ![]() |
9,243 | 18.3% |
12 | ![]() |
7,121 | 19.7% |
13 | ![]() |
5,927 | 52.1% |
14 | ![]() |
5,308 | 3.5% |
15 | ![]() |
5,032 | 19.1% |
16 | ![]() |
3,884 | 35.9% |
17 | ![]() |
3,308 | 36.4% |
18 | ![]() |
2,752 | 33.3% |
19 | ![]() |
1,906 | 30.7% |
20 | ![]() |
1,889 | 50.7% |
21 | ![]() |
1,884 | 2.8% |
22 | ![]() |
1,860 | 5.7% |
23 | ![]() |
1,815 | 51.7% |
24 | ![]() |
1,627 | 4.4% |
25 | ![]() |
1,570 | 4.6% |
26 | ![]() |
1,300 | 19.8% |
27 | ![]() |
915 | 1.5% |
28 | ![]() |
690 | 4.4% |
29 | ![]() |
688 | 33.6% |
30 | ![]() |
482 | 2.8% |
31 | ![]() |
375 | 29.2% |
World | 374,704 |
Courtesy & Source: “Nuclear power station” by Ichabod Paleogene, Krzysztof Kori. Licensed under CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons