Timeline · 1994

The world's nuclear fleet in 1994

In 1994, 444 nuclear reactors were operating in 35 countries, 350.3 GWe net, with 47 under construction.

Compared with 1993, the operating fleet grew by 4 reactors. 5 reactors were connected to the grid that year, 4,386 MWe, mostly in Japan (2), China (1) and Mexico (1). 4 units were permanently shut down, 1,419 MWe. The countries with the most operating capacity were United States (106,861 MWe), France (58,518 MWe) and Japan (38,825 MWe).

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Connected to the grid in 1994

Unit	Country	Type	Model	MWe
Daya Bay 2	China	PWR	M-310	986
Ikata 3	Japan	PWR	Mitsubishi (3-loop)	846
Onagawa 2	Japan	BWR	BWR-5	796
Laguna Verde 2	Mexico	BWR	BWR-5	775
Hanbit 3	South Korea	PWR	OPR-1000	983

Shut down in 1994

Unit	Country	Type	Model	MWe	Grid connection
Bugey 1	France	GCR	UNGG	540	1972
Wuergassen	Germany	BWR	BWR-69 (AEG)	640	1971
Nyongbyon 1	North Korea	GCR	Magnox (Pu-production)	5	1985
Dounreay PFR	United Kingdom	FBR	unknown	234	1975

Countries by operating capacity in 1994

#	Country	Reactors	MWe	Under construction
1	United States	114	106,861	2
2	France	57	58,518	4
3	Japan	49	38,825	5
4	Germany	19	21,476	—
5	Russia	35	20,449	4
6	Canada	22	15,409	1
7	Ukraine	14	11,922	5
8	United Kingdom	34	11,147	1
9	Sweden	12	11,052	—
10	Spain	9	7,710	—
11	South Korea	9	7,701	7
12	Belgium	7	5,922	—
13	Taiwan	6	5,052	—
14	Bulgaria	6	3,638	—
15	Switzerland	5	3,346	—
16	Finland	4	2,794	—
17	Lithuania	2	2,370	—
18	China	3	2,256	—
19	Hungary	4	1,916	—
20	Czech Republic	4	1,907	2
21	South Africa	2	1,854	—
22	Slovakia	4	1,748	4
23	India	9	1,637	5
24	Argentina	2	948	1
25	Mexico	1	777	1
26	Slovenia	1	696	—
27	Philippines	1	621	—
28	Brazil	1	609	1
29	Netherlands	2	537	—
30	Armenia	1	416	—
31	Pakistan	1	90	1
32	Kazakhstan	1	52	—
33	Puerto Rico	1	18	—
34	Panama	1	10	—
35	North Korea	1	5	—
36	Iran	0	0	1
37	Romania	0	0	2