Timeline · 1992

The world's nuclear fleet in 1992

In 1992, 430 nuclear reactors were operating in 34 countries, 336.2 GWe net, with 57 under construction.

Compared with 1991, the operating fleet grew by 1 reactor. 6 reactors were connected to the grid that year, 4,806 MWe, mostly in India (2), Japan (2) and Canada (1). 3 units were permanently shut down, 1,996 MWe. The countries with the most operating capacity were United States (105,666 MWe), France (57,748 MWe) and Japan (31,994 MWe).

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Connected to the grid in 1992

Unit	Country	Type	Model	MWe
Darlington 3	Canada	PHWR	CANDU 850	878
Penly 2	France	PWR	P4 REP 1300	1,330
Kakrapar 1	India	PHWR	—	202
Narora 2	India	PHWR	—	202
Kashiwazaki Kariwa 3	Japan	BWR	BWR-5	1,067
Ohi 4	Japan	PWR	Mitsubishi (4-loop)	1,127

Shut down in 1992

Unit	Country	Type	Model	MWe	Grid connection
Saint-Laurent A-2	France	GCR	UNGG	465	1971
San Onofre 1	United States	PWR	WH (DRY)	436	1967
Trojan	United States	PWR	WH (DRY)	1,095	1975

Countries by operating capacity in 1992

#	Country	Reactors	MWe	Under construction
1	United States	113	105,666	3
2	France	57	57,748	5
3	Japan	42	31,994	11
4	Germany	20	22,116	—
5	Russia	34	19,499	5
6	Canada	20	13,653	3
7	Ukraine	14	11,922	5
8	United Kingdom	35	11,381	1
9	Sweden	12	11,052	—
10	Spain	9	7,710	—
11	South Korea	9	7,701	3
12	Belgium	7	5,922	—
13	Taiwan	6	5,052	—
14	Switzerland	5	3,346	—
15	Finland	4	2,794	—
16	Bulgaria	5	2,635	1
17	Lithuania	2	2,370	—
18	Hungary	4	1,916	—
19	Czech Republic	4	1,907	2
20	South Africa	2	1,854	—
21	Slovakia	4	1,748	4
22	India	8	1,435	5
23	Argentina	2	948	1
24	Mexico	1	777	1
25	Slovenia	1	696	—
26	Philippines	1	621	—
27	Brazil	1	609	1
28	Netherlands	2	537	—
29	Armenia	1	416	—
30	Pakistan	1	90	—
31	Kazakhstan	1	52	—
32	Puerto Rico	1	18	—
33	Panama	1	10	—
34	North Korea	1	5	—
35	China	0	0	3
36	Iran	0	0	1
37	Romania	0	0	2