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Table 8.1
Nuclear power plants worldwide, in operation and under construction, March
2009
In operation
Under construction
Electrical net
output (in
megawatts)
Electrical net
output (in
megawatts)
Country
Number
Number
Argentina
2
935
1
692
Armenia
1
376
Belgium
7
5,824
Brazil
2
1,766
Bulgaria
2
1,906
2
1,906
Canada
18
12,577
China
11
8,438
11
10,120
Czech Republic
6
3,634
Finland
4
2,696
1
1,600
France
59
63,260
1
1,600
Germany
17
20,470
Hungary
4
1,859
India
17
3,782
6
2,910
Iran
—
—
1
915
Japan
53
45,957
2
2,191
Korea,
Republic of
20
17,647
5
5,180
Lithuania
1
1,185
Mexico
2
1,300
Netherlands
1
482
Pakistan
2
425
1
300
Romania
2
1,300
—
Russian
Federation
31
21,743
8
5,809
Slovakian
Republic
4
1,711
Slovenia
1
666
South Africa
2
1,800
Spain
8
7,450
Sweden
10
8,958
Switzerland
5
3,238
Taiwan
6
4,949
2
2,600
Ukraine
15
13,107
2
1,900
United
Kingdom
19
10,097
United States
104
100,582
1
1,165
Total
436
370,120
44
38,888
