OECD Nuclear Energy Agency / L'Agence pour l'énergie nucléaire OECD-OCDE
     
 

Facts and figures

NEA member countries account for approximately 85% of the world's installed nuclear capacity. In the OECD area, nuclear energy represents 21.5% of the electricity supply.

The NEA publication Nuclear Energy Data 2009 is an annual compilation of essential statistics on nuclear energy in OECD countries, providing information on plans for new nuclear construction, nuclear fuel cycle developments and projections of installed nuclear capacity to 2035 in OECD member countries. This comprehensive overview of the current situation and expected trends in various sectors of the nuclear fuel cycle provides authoritative information for policy makers, experts and academics working in the nuclear energy field.

Summary figures for 2008:

Country
Number of nuclear power plants connected to the grid
Nuclear electricity generation (net TWh) 2008
Nuclear percentage of total electricity supply
Australia
--
--
--
Austria
--
--
--
Belgium
7
43.4 *
53.8
Canada
20
87.9 *
14.5
Czech Republic
6
25.0
32.4
Denmark
--
--
--
Finland
4
22.1
29.9
France
59
418.3 *
76.2
Germany
17
140.9 *
23.4
Greece
--
--
--
Hungary
4
14.0 *
37.7
Iceland
--
--
--
Ireland
--
--
--
Italy
--
--
--
Japan
55
240.5 **
24.9
Korea
20
144.0 *
36.7
Luxembourg
--
--
--
Mexico
2
9.4
4.0
Netherlands
1
4.0
3.8
New Zealand
--
--
--
Norway
--
--
--
Poland
--
--
--
Portugal
--
--
--
Slovak Republic
4
15.4
57.0
Spain
8
56.4 *
18.3
Sweden
10
61.3 *
42.0
Switzerland
5
26.1
39.0
Turkey
--
--
--
United Kingdom
19
47.7 *
13.2
United States
104
806.2 *
19.6
TOTAL
345
2 162.5
21.5
OECD America

126

903.5
18.2
OECD Europe
144
874.6
25.3
OECD Pacific
75
384.5
23.4

* Provisional data
** Secretartiat estimate

Last reviewed: 28 January 2010

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