42 Nuclear Reactors under Construction in the World
As of January 2020, nuclear companies are constructing 42 reactors with a total capacity of 45.9 GW worldwide.
Relevant statistics was published by the World Nuclear Association.
Nuclear reactors are being constructed in 16 countries. The People’s Republic of China and India head the list with 11 and 7 reactors respectively.
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Countries constructing reactors as of January 2020 |
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Country |
Number of units |
Total capacity |
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Argentina |
1 |
27 |
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Bangladesh |
2 |
2400 |
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Belarus |
2 |
2388 |
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China |
11 |
11095 |
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Finland |
1 |
1720 |
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France |
1 |
1750 |
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India |
7 |
5400 |
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Iran |
1 |
1057 |
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Japan |
2 |
2756 |
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South Korea |
4 |
5600 |
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Pakistan |
2 |
2322 |
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Slovakia |
2 |
942 |
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Turkey |
1 |
1200 |
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United Arab Emirates |
4 |
5600 |
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Great Britain |
1 |
1720 |
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Total |
42 |
45977 |
The construction of further 9 reactors is frozen. Among them: 2 in Ukraine (Khmelnitsky NPP Units 3 and 4), 2 in the USA, 1 in Brazil, 2 in Taiwan and 2 in Russia.
According to the World Nuclear Association, in the beginning of 2020, 442 nuclear reactors with a total capacity of 392.5 GW were operated worldwide
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