As of January 2013 there is a total of 185 nuclear power plant units with an installed electric net capacity of 162 GWe in operation in Europe (five thereof in the Asian part of the Russian Federation) and 17 units with an electric net capacity 15 GWe were under construction in five countries.
Nuclear power plants in Europe, in operation and under construction (2013) :
Country |
in operation |
under construction |
||
number |
net capacity MWe |
number |
net capacity MWe |
|
Belgium |
7 |
5,927 |
–
|
–
|
Bulgaria |
2 |
1,906 |
– |
– |
Czech Repuplic |
6 |
3,766 |
–
|
–
|
Finland |
4 |
2,736 |
1 |
1,600 |
France |
58 |
63,130 |
1 |
1,600 |
Germany |
9 |
12,068 |
–
|
–
|
Hungary |
4 |
1,889 |
–
|
–
|
Netherlands |
1 |
482 |
–
|
–
|
Romania |
2 |
1,300 |
– |
– |
Russian Federation |
33 |
23,643 |
11 |
9,297 |
Slovakian Republic |
4 |
1,816 |
2 |
782 |
Slovenia |
1 |
688 |
–
|
–
|
Spain |
8 |
7,567 |
–
|
–
|
Sweden |
10 |
9,395 |
–
|
–
|
Switzerland |
5 |
3,263 |
–
|
–
|
Ukraine |
15 |
13,107 |
2 |
1,900 |
United Kingdom |
15 |
9,246 |
–
|
–
|
total |
185 |
161,922 |
17 |
15,179 |
In terms of electricity generated by nuclear energy in 2011 France holds the top position with a share of 77.7 % followed by Belgium and the Slovakian Republic with 54.0 % and Ukraine with 47.2 %.
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