Timeline · 1984

The world's nuclear fleet in 1984

In 1984, 323 nuclear reactors were operating in 30 countries, 203.7 GWe net, with 161 under construction.

Compared with 1983, the operating fleet grew by 26 reactors. 32 reactors were connected to the grid that year, 31,476 MWe, mostly in United States (6), France (5) and Germany (4). 3 units were permanently shut down, 298 MWe. South Africa connected its first nuclear reactor in 1984. The countries with the most operating capacity were United States (70,939 MWe), France (27,757 MWe) and Japan (18,973 MWe).

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Connected to the grid in 1984

Unit	Country	Type	Model	MWe
Bruce B5	Canada	PHWR	CANDU 750B	817
Bruce B6	Canada	PHWR	CANDU 750B	817
Pickering B7	Canada	PHWR	CANDU 500B	516
Cruas 3	France	PWR	CP2	915
Cruas 4	France	PWR	CP2	915
Gravelines 5	France	PWR	CP1	910
Paluel 1	France	PWR	P4 REP 1300	1,330
Paluel 2	France	PWR	P4 REP 1300	1,330
Grohnde	Germany	PWR	KWU	1,360
Gundremmingen B	Germany	BWR	BWR-72 (KWU)	1,284
Gundremmingen C	Germany	BWR	BWR-72 (KWU)	1,288
Philippsburg 2	Germany	PWR	KWU	1,402
Paks 2	Hungary	PWR	VVER-440/V-213	479
Fukushima Daini 3	Japan	BWR	BWR-5	1,067
Takahama 3	Japan	PWR	Mitsubishi (3-loop)	830
Takahama 4	Japan	PWR	Mitsubishi (3-loop)	830
Kalinin 1	Russia	PWR	VVER-1000/V-338	950
Kola 1-4	Russia	PWR	VVER V-213	411
Bohunice 3	Slovakia	PWR	VVER-440/V-213	466
Koeberg 1	South Africa	PWR	CP1 (France)	924
Cofrentes	Spain	BWR	BWR-6 (Mark 3)	1,064
Leibstadt	Switzerland	BWR	BWR-6	1,233
Maanshan 1	Taiwan	PWR	WH 312 3-loop	936
Zaporizhzhia 1	Ukraine	PWR	VVER V-320	950
Hartlepool A2	United Kingdom	GCR	AGR	595
Heysham A2	United Kingdom	GCR	AGR	575
Callaway 1	United States	PWR	WH 4-loop (DRY)	1,215
Columbia 1	United States	BWR	BWR-5 (Mark 2)	1,131
Diablo Canyon 1	United States	PWR	WH 4-Loop (DRY)	1,138
Grand Gulf 1	United States	BWR	BWR-6 (Mark 3)	1,401
LaSalle 2	United States	BWR	BWR-5 (Mark 2)	1,140
Susquehanna 2	United States	BWR	BWR-4 (Mark 2)	1,257

Shut down in 1984

Unit	Country	Type	Model	MWe	Grid connection
Douglas Point (AECL)	Canada	PHWR	CANDU 200	206	1967
Marcoule G3	France	GCR	unknown	40	1960
MZFR	Germany	PHWR	—	52	1966

Countries by operating capacity in 1984

#	Country	Reactors	MWe	Under construction
1	United States	87	70,939	36
2	France	37	27,757	28
3	Japan	28	18,973	8
4	Germany	21	14,341	10
5	Russia	29	12,653	11
6	Sweden	10	8,480	2
7	Canada	14	8,436	9
8	United Kingdom	32	6,664	10
9	Ukraine	7	5,222	8
10	Taiwan	5	4,114	1
11	Spain	6	4,079	4
12	Belgium	6	3,876	2
13	Switzerland	5	3,346	—
14	Finland	4	2,794	—
15	South Korea	3	1,877	6
16	Bulgaria	4	1,632	2
17	Italy	3	1,273	—
18	Hungary	2	958	2
19	Argentina	2	948	1
20	South Africa	1	924	1
21	India	5	826	3
22	Slovakia	2	816	4
23	Armenia	2	792	—
24	Slovenia	1	696	—
25	Philippines	1	621	—
26	Netherlands	2	537	—
27	Pakistan	1	90	—
28	Kazakhstan	1	52	—
29	Puerto Rico	1	18	—
30	Panama	1	10	—
31	Brazil	0	0	2
32	Czech Republic	0	0	4
33	Iran	0	0	1
34	Lithuania	0	0	2
35	Mexico	0	0	2
36	Romania	0	0	2