Status · 2026

Permanently shut-down nuclear reactors, up to 2026

234 nuclear reactors have been permanently shut down in 25 countries; 2 of them have an announced restart.

The countries with the most shut-down units are United States (43), Germany (36) and United Kingdom (36). The decade with the most closures was the 2010s, with 59 units. In total, retired capacity adds up to 110,108 MWe net, against 401,186 MWe operating.

Latest 60 closures

UnitCountryTypeMWeGrid connectionClosure
Bilibino 2Russia RussiaLWGR1119742025
Bilibino 3Russia RussiaLWGR1119752025
Bilibino 4Russia RussiaLWGR1119762025
Doel 2Belgium BelgiumPWR44519752025
Tihange 1Belgium BelgiumPWR96219752025
Maanshan 2Taiwan TaiwanPWR93819852025
Doel 1Belgium BelgiumPWR44519742025
Pickering A4Canada CanadaPHWR51519732024
Pickering A1Canada CanadaPHWR51519712024
Maanshan 1Taiwan TaiwanPWR93619842024
Kursk 1-2Russia RussiaLWGR92519792024
EmslandGermany GermanyPWR1,33519882023
Isar 2Germany GermanyPWR1,41019882023
Neckarwestheim 2Germany GermanyPWR1,31019892023
Kuosheng 2Taiwan TaiwanBWR98519822023
Tihange 2Belgium BelgiumPWR1,00819822023
Doel 3Belgium BelgiumPWR1,00619822022
Hinkley Point B1United Kingdom United KingdomGCR48519762022
Hinkley Point B2United Kingdom United KingdomGCR48019762022
Hunterston B2United Kingdom United KingdomGCR49519772022
BrokdorfGermany GermanyPWR1,41019862021
GrohndeGermany GermanyPWR1,36019842021
Gundremmingen CGermany GermanyBWR1,28819842021
Kursk 1-1Russia RussiaLWGR92519762021
Kuosheng 1Taiwan TaiwanBWR98519812021
Hunterston B1United Kingdom United KingdomGCR49019762021
Karachi 1Pakistan PakistanPHWR9019712021
Dungeness B1United Kingdom United KingdomGCR54519832021
Dungeness B2United Kingdom United KingdomGCR54519852021
Indian Point 3United States United StatesPWR1,03019762021
Ringhals 1Sweden SwedenBWR88119742020
Leningrad 1-2Russia RussiaLWGR92519752020
Duane Arnold 1United States United StatesBWR60119742020
Fessenheim 2France FrancePWR88019772020
Indian Point 2United States United StatesPWR99819732020
Fessenheim 1France FrancePWR88019772020
Philippsburg 2Germany GermanyPWR1,40219842019
Wolsong 1South Korea South KoreaPHWR66119822019
Ringhals 2Sweden SwedenPWR85219742019
Muehleberg 1Switzerland SwitzerlandBWR37319712019
Fukushima Daini 1Japan JapanBWR1,06719812019
Fukushima Daini 2Japan JapanBWR1,06719832019
Fukushima Daini 3Japan JapanBWR1,06719842019
Fukushima Daini 4Japan JapanBWR1,06719862019
Jinshan 2Taiwan TaiwanBWR60419782019
Pilgrim 1United States United StatesBWR67719722019
Genkai 2Japan JapanPWR52919802019
Onagawa 1Japan JapanBWR49819832018
Leningrad 1-1Russia RussiaLWGR92519732018
Jinshan 1Taiwan TaiwanBWR60419772018
Oyster Creek 1United States United StatesBWR61919692018
Ikata 2Japan JapanPWR53819812018
Ohi 1Japan JapanPWR1,12019772018
Ohi 2Japan JapanPWR1,12019782018
Bilibino 1Russia RussiaLWGR1119742018
Gundremmingen BGermany GermanyBWR1,28419842017
MonjuJapan JapanFBR24619952017
Santa Maria De GaronaSpain SpainBWR44619712017
Kori 1South Korea South KoreaPWR57619772017
Oskarshamn 1Sweden SwedenBWR47319712017

Announced restarts

UnitCountryMWeClosureRestart
Palisades 1United States United States8052022announced in 2023
Three Mile Island 1United States United States83520192027

Data: Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0), IAEA PRIS 2025, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons. Capacities in net MWe unless stated.

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