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Nuclear Vs Non-Nuclear Powered Countries: 2020 Facts

April 5, 2016


Countries that have and do not have a commercial nuclear energy industry

The map above shows which countries have operating commercial nuclear power stations and which ones do not as of April, 2016. At last count, 31 countries generate at least some of their electricity needs via nuclear power.

Here are 13 interesting facts about these countries and nuclear power.

  • Fact #1: Only 15.5% of UN Member countries generate nuclear power (30 out of 193).
  • Fact #2: Taiwan is the only non-UN member to have commercial nuclear power plants.
  • Fact #3: North Korea is currently the only country known to have nuclear weapons and not have a nuclear power station (Note: Israel does not have any nuclear power plants either, but it has never confirmed whether or not they have nuclear weapons.)
  • Fact #4: In total, 60.3% of the world’s population live in countries with nuclear power stations, but these countries only cover cover 45.5% of the earth’s land area.
  • Fact #5: 10.9% of the world’s electricity production comes from nuclear.
  • Fact #6: Italy is the only country to have had operating nuclear power stations and then close them all down, although it imports electricity generated by nuclear power from France.
  • Fact #7: Slovenia is the smallest country, both by population (2 million) and land area (20,273 km²; 7,827 sq mi), to have nuclear power.
  • Fact #8: According to the IAEA, The United States has the largest number of nuclear generators (100) and produces the largest total amount of electricity (798,616 GWh) from nuclear (about 19.5% of the their total electricity).
  • Fact #9: France is the country that is most reliant on nuclear power, which accounts for 76.9% of its total electricity generation.
  • Fact #10: Antarctica and Australia are the only two continents not have any nuclear power stations, although Africa only has them in South Africa.
  • Fact #11: Australia is also the largest country by area not to have any nuclear power stations, but it is the world’s third largest producer of Uranium.
  • Fact #12: Indonesia is the most populous (259 million) country not to have nuclear power.
  • Fact #13: Europe has the largest number of countries that generate nuclear power (18 in total if you include Armenia and Russia), although North America has the largest share of countries (100%) that generate nuclear power.

Nuclear Power in Europe

Nuclear Power in Europe map

Nuclear Power in Europe map showing power station locations, generating capacity and share of power generated by nuclear. Map created by Artemka via wikimedia.

Nuclear Power Share of Total

Nuclear Power Share of Total

Map showing nuclear’s percentage share of each country’s total generating capacity. Map crated by NuclearVacuum via Wikimedia

CountryNuclear ShareNumber of ReactorsTotal Capacity [MW]
France76.9%5863,130
Slovakia56.8%41,814
Hungary53.6%41,889
Ukraine49.4%1513,107
Belgium47.5%75,927
Sweden41.5%109,470
Switzerland37.9%53,333
Slovenia37.2%1688
Czech Republic35.8%63,904
Finland34.6%42,752
Bulgaria31.8%21,926
Armenia30.7%1375
South Korea30.4%2320,717
Spain20.4%77,121
United States19.5%10099,244
Taiwan18.9%65,032
Russia18.6%3424,654
Romania18.5%21,300
United Kingdom17.2%169,373
Canada16.8%1913,500
Germany15.8%912,074
South Africa6.2%21,860
Mexico5.6%21,330
Pakistan4.3%3690
Argentina4.0%31,627
Netherlands4.0%1482
India3.7%215,780
Brazil2.9%21,884
China2.4%3028,310
Iran1.5%1915
Japan*0.0%4842,388

* Note: Data comes form IAEA PRIS database and shows data for 2014. During this time Japan’s nuclear reactors were shut down for safety checks following the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. Prior to this, Japan generated around 25% of its power from nuclear.

Future of Nuclear Power by Country

Future of Nuclear Power by Country

Map showing plans for future nuclear plans by country. Map by AHMED XIV via Wikimedia

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Comments

  1. Simon says

    July 6, 2017 at 12:03 am

    Why would you include Armenia i Europe, when it is an Asian country? Europe and Asia are divided by the Ural and Caucasus mountains, and Armenia is decidedly on the Asian side of the Caucasus.

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  2. David says

    August 2, 2017 at 10:23 am

    The second image, “Nuclear power in europe” is not accurate.
    In Spain, Lemoniz nuclear power plant was never operating due the social pressure and terrorist attacks.
    On the other hand, there is one that yesterday August the 1st stopped operating definitely. It is Santa Maria de Garoña

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  3. zigoto says

    March 14, 2018 at 10:40 am

    abonne toi a ma chaine

    Reply

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