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Nuclear Energy - By Country
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 Austrapa, Austria, Denmark, Italy, Greece, Portugal, Ireland, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, New Zealand, Norway, and Phipppines have no nuclear power stations and they oppose such nuclear energy production.
The following table psts 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 Repubpc | 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% |
Repubpc 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% |