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the data

Nuclear Plants
Under Construction
Most of the plants being
built are in Asia

- More than 1300 MWe
- 1000 to 1300 MWe
- Less than 1000 MWe

T

HE JAPANESE earthquake and its
devastating consequences for the
Fukushima reactors will surely affect
how governments and their citizens feel
about nuclear power in the coming months.
Nonetheless, as of January, 65 new nuclear
power plants, capable of producing over
62 gigawatts, were under construction in
16 countries, according to the Nuclear Energy
Institute, a trade group in Washington, D.C.
In 2009, construction began on 11 plants,
the most in one year since 1987.
Nearly all the plants that have gone
on line since 2005-totaling more than
10 gigawatts of new capacity-are in Asia,
and more are coming. India and South
Korea are building five new plants each, and
Japan and Taiwan are each building two.

But the dragon's share of growth is in
China, which plans to build 50 reactors by
2020, quadrupling its nuclear capacity to
40 GW. However, energy demand is rising
so rapidly that nuclear power will meet
less than 10 percent of what China will
need by then.
In that respect, China trails many European countries. France gets 75 percent of
its energy from nuclear plants, the most of
any country, and it is expected to connect
one more 1600-megawatt plant in 2012.
Where's the United States in all of this?
Its 104 operating nuclear plants represent
20 percent of its electricity capacity, and it
has one plant under construction.
-Prachi Patel

Nuclear Share
of Power Generation (2009)
FRANCE
SLOVAKIA
BELGIUM
UKRAINE
ARMENIA
HUNGARY
SWITZERLAND

%

SLOVENIA
SWEDEN
BULGARIA
SOUTH KOREA
CZECH REPUBLIC
FINLAND
JAPAN
GERMANY
20%

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