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This is a list of all the commercial nuclear reactors in the European Union and in Europe, with operational status. The list only includes civilian nuclear power reactors used to generate electricity for a power grid. All commercial nuclear reactors use nuclear fission.
Nuclear power plants in Europe. To July 2024, there is a total of 167 nuclear power reactors with an installed electric net capacity of 147,774 MWe in operation in Europe (six thereof in the Asian part of the Russian Federation) and 10 units with an electric net capacity of 11,599 MWe were under construction in five countries. Country.
Discover nucleareurope’s interactive map of nuclear facilities! Showing the importance of the nuclear industry in Europe, facilities represented on this map include nuclear power plants (operating, new build and in decommissioning), research reactors (operating and new build), waste management centres and fuel centres (enrichment, assembly ...
As of June 2013 there were 131 nuclear reactors in the European Union. 112 units of these are located in eight of the western EU countries. [11] Total nuclear energy generation from EU power plants increased by 25% from 1995 to 2005. The majority of this growth occurred in the 1990s.
In 2022, 13 EU countries had operational nuclear reactors: Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechia, Germany, Spain, France, Hungary, the Netherlands, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland and Sweden. Tweet In 2022, electricity generation from nuclear plants in the EU decreased by 16.7% compared to 2021.
The average age of nuclear reactors in the world is 30 years, and in the EU around 83 % of reactors are over 30 years old, with an average age of 37.2 years. Only three new nuclear reactors have gone on line in the EU in the past 20 years.
23 wrz 2024 · Nuclear reactors in Europe 2024, by status. Number of operational, shutdown, and planned nuclear reactors in European countries as of September 2024
