Timeline · 1982

The world's nuclear fleet in 1982

In 1982, 276 nuclear reactors were operating in 26 countries, 158.9 GWe net, with 195 under construction.

Compared with 1981, the operating fleet grew by 8 reactors. 19 reactors were connected to the grid that year, 16,224 MWe, mostly in United States (4), Canada (3) and Belgium (2). 2 units were permanently shut down, 210 MWe. Brazil and Hungary connected their first nuclear reactor in 1982. The countries with the most operating capacity were United States (59,791 MWe), France (19,597 MWe) and Japan (16,562 MWe).

← Previous year, 1981 · Next year, 1983 → · See this year on the map · Today's rankings

Connected to the grid in 1982

Unit	Country	Type	Model	MWe
Doel 3	Belgium	PWR	Framatome 3 loops	1,006
Tihange 2	Belgium	PWR	Framatome 3 loops	1,008
Angra 1	Brazil	PWR	WH 2 loops	609
Kozloduy 4	Bulgaria	PWR	VVER-440/V-230	408
Gentilly 2	Canada	PHWR	CANDU-6	635
Pickering B5	Canada	PHWR	CANDU 500B	516
Point Lepreau 1	Canada	PHWR	CANDU-6	660
Blayais 2	France	PWR	CP1	910
Chinon B-1	France	PWR	CP2	905
Paks 1	Hungary	PWR	VVER-440/V-213	479
Smolensk 1-1	Russia	LWGR	RBMK-1000	925
Wolsong 1	South Korea	PHWR	CANDU-6	661
Ringhals 4	Sweden	PWR	WH 3-loops	1,130
Kuosheng 2	Taiwan	BWR	BWR-6	985
South Ukraine 1	Ukraine	PWR	VVER V-302	950
LaSalle 1	United States	BWR	BWR-5 (Mark 2)	1,137
San Onofre 2	United States	PWR	CE (DRY)	1,070
Susquehanna 1	United States	BWR	BWR-4 (Mark 2)	1,257
Virgil C Summer 1	United States	PWR	WH 3-Loop (DRY)	973

Shut down in 1982

Unit	Country	Type	Model	MWe	Grid connection
Garigliano	Italy	BWR	BWR-1	150	1964
Shippingport	United States	PWR	WH	60	1957

Countries by operating capacity in 1982

#	Country	Reactors	MWe	Under construction
1	United States	77	59,791	46
2	France	29	19,597	33
3	Japan	25	16,562	10
4	Germany	20	11,763	12
5	Russia	27	10,494	11
6	Sweden	9	7,350	3
7	United Kingdom	32	6,664	10
8	Canada	10	5,498	13
9	Ukraine	5	3,347	8
10	Belgium	5	2,868	3
11	Finland	4	2,794	—
12	Taiwan	3	2,193	3
13	Switzerland	4	2,113	1
14	Bulgaria	4	1,632	2
15	Italy	3	1,273	—
16	Spain	3	1,067	7
17	Slovakia	2	816	2
18	Armenia	2	792	—
19	India	4	621	4
20	South Korea	1	576	6
21	Netherlands	2	537	—
22	Argentina	1	340	2
23	Pakistan	1	90	—
24	Kazakhstan	1	52	—
25	Puerto Rico	1	18	—
26	Panama	1	10	—
27	Brazil	0	0	2
28	Czech Republic	0	0	4
29	Hungary	0	0	4
30	Iran	0	0	1
31	Lithuania	0	0	2
32	Mexico	0	0	2
33	Philippines	0	0	1
34	Slovenia	0	0	1
35	South Africa	0	0	2