World Wide status of commercial nuclear power

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The first commercial nuclear power station Calder Hall at Windscale (England), started operation in 1956 with a capacity 200 MW total.
Now nuclear energy produces about 11 percent of the world’s electricity from about 450 power reactors.

In 2017 nuclear plants produced 2487 TWh of electricity.

Today nuclear power plants are operational in thirty countries global.

Countries With the Most Nuclear Power Plants

1. United States – 99
2. France – 58
3. Japan – 42
4. China – 39
5. Russia – 35
6. South Korea – 25
7. India – 22
8. Canada – 19
9. Ukraine -15
10. United Kingdom – 15
11. Sweden – 9
12. Germany – 8
13. Belgium – 7
14. Spain – 7
15. Czech Republic – 6
16. Taiwan – 6
17. Pakistan – 5
18. Switzerland – 5
19. Finland – 4
20. Hungary – 4
21. Slovakia – 4
22. Argentina – 3
23. Brazil – 2
24. Bulgaria – 2
25. Mexico – 2
26. Romania – 2
27. South Africa – 2
28. Armenia – 1
29. Iran – 1
30. Netherlands – 1
31. Slovenia – 1