Timeline · 1993

The world's nuclear fleet in 1993

In 1993, 429 nuclear reactors were operating in 31 countries, 343.7 GWe net, with 51 under construction. 3 of those units are not included in the net capacity because no net figure has been published for them.

Compared with 1992, the operating fleet grew by 10 reactors. 9 reactors were connected to the grid that year, 9,110 MWe, mostly in Japan (4), Canada (1) and China (1). The countries with the most operating capacity were United States (106,833 MWe), France (57,700 MWe) and Japan (35,785 MWe).

Connected to the grid in 1993

UnitCountryTypeModelMWe
Darlington 4Canada CanadaPHWRCANDU 850878
Daya Bay 1China ChinaPWRFramatome M310 (M310)986
Golfech 2France FrancePWRP4 REP 13001,310
Genkai 3Japan JapanPWRMitsubishi 4-loop (M 4LP)1,127
Hamaoka 4Japan JapanBWRBWR-51,092
Kashiwazaki Kariwa 4Japan JapanBWRBWR-51,067
Shika 1Japan JapanBWRBWR-5505
Balakovo 4Russia RussiaPWRVVER-1000 (V-320)950
Comanche Peak 2United States United StatesPWRWestinghouse 4-loop (WH 4LP)1,195

Countries by operating capacity in 1993

#CountryReactorsMWeUnder construction
1United States United States110106,8332
2France France5657,7005
3Japan Japan4635,7858
4Germany Germany2022,116—
5Russia Russia3219,8484
6Canada Canada2215,409—
7Ukraine Ukraine1411,9225
8United Kingdom United Kingdom3511,3511
9Sweden Sweden1211,056—
10Spain Spain97,710—
11South Korea South Korea97,7015
12Belgium Belgium75,922—
13Taiwan Taiwan65,052—
14Bulgaria Bulgaria63,638—
15Switzerland Switzerland53,346—
16Finland Finland42,794—
17Lithuania Lithuania22,370—
18Czech Republic Czech Republic41,9162
19Hungary Hungary41,916—
20South Africa South Africa21,854—
21Slovakia Slovakia41,7484
22India India91,6375
23Argentina Argentina29431
24Mexico Mexico17771
25Slovenia Slovenia1696—
26Brazil Brazil16091
27Netherlands Netherlands2537—
28Armenia Armenia1416—
29Pakistan Pakistan1901
30Kazakhstan Kazakhstan152—
31North Korea North Korea15—
32China China003
33Iran Iran001
34Philippines Philippines00—
35Romania Romania002

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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