At the moment there are more than 400 nuclear power plants (NPP) all over the

world, which produce about 17% of the world's electricity. The share can range from
just few percent in some countries up and to 75 % as in France.
Number of countries with operating NPPs30 Number of NPPs under construction
(August 2008)35

In operation
Country

Under construction

Electr. net
output
MW

Number

Number

Electr. net
output
MW

Argentina

935

Armenia

376

Belgium

5,824

Brazil

1,766

Bulgaria

1,906

1,906

Canada

18

12,577

China

11

8,438

16

Czech Republic

3,634

Finland

2,696

1,600

France

59

63,260

1,600

Germany

17

20,470

Hungary

1,859

17

3,782

2,910

915

India
Iran

692

15,220
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Japan

53

45,957

2,191

Korea, Republic

20

17,647

6,520

Lithuinia

1,185

Mexico

1,300

Netherlands

482

Pakistan

425

Romania

1,300

Russian Federation

31

21,743

6,894

Slovakian Republic

1,711

810

Slovenia

666

South Africa

1,800

Spain

7,450

10

8,958

Switzerland

3,238

Taiwan

4,949

2,600

Ukraine

15

13,107

1,900

United Kingdom

19

10,097

USA

104

100,683

1,165

Total

436

370,221

53

47,223

Sweden

300
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Nuclear power plants world-wide, in operation and under construction, as of

September 2009