This is a list of all the commercial
nuclear reactor
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s in the world, sorted by country, with operational status. The list only includes civilian
nuclear power
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reactors used to generate electricity for a
power grid
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. All commercial nuclear reactors use
nuclear fission
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. As of November 2022, there are 438 operable power reactors in the world, with a combined electrical capacity of 394 GW. Additionally, there are 60 reactors under construction and 103 reactors planned, with a combined capacity of 66 GW and 105 GW, respectively, while 325 more reactors are proposed.
For non-power reactors, see
List of nuclear research reactors
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. For fuel plants see
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International Atomic Energy Agency
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(IAEA).
In the following tables, the ''net capacity'' or ''reference unit power'', expressed in
megawatt
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(MW), is the maximum electricity output under reference ambient conditions, after deducting the losses within the system including the energy transformers.
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Argentina
Armenia
Austria
Bangladesh
Belarus
Belgium
Brazil
Bulgaria
Canada
China
Cuba
Czech Republic
Egypt
Finland
France
Germany
Hungary
India
Iran
Italy
Japan
Kazakhstan
Lithuania
Mexico
Netherlands
Pakistan
Philippines
Poland
Romania
Russia
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
Turkey
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
Uzbekistan
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Economics of nuclear power plants
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List of nuclear power stations
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This is a list of all the commercial nuclear reactors in the world, sorted by country, with operational status. The list only includes civilian nuclear power reactors used to generate electricity for a power grid. All commercial nuclear reactor ...]
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List of largest power stations
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List of small modular reactor designs
Small modular reactors (SMR) are much smaller than the current nuclear reactors (300 MWe or less) and have compact and scalable designs which propose to offer safety, construction and economic benefits, and offering potential for lower initial ca ...
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List of nuclear reprocessing sites
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Lists of nuclear disasters and radioactive incidents
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Nuclear power by country
Nuclear power plants operate in 32 countries and generate about a tenth of the world's electricity.
Most are in Europe, North America, East Asia and South Asia.
The United States is the largest producer of nuclear power, while France has the larg ...
Notes and references
External links
IAEA list as of 2006Reactors Database
by the World Nuclear Association
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