Timeline · 1995

The world's nuclear fleet in 1995

In 1995, 438 nuclear reactors were operating in 32 countries, 353.2 GWe net, with 40 under construction. 2 of those units are not included in the net capacity because no net figure has been published for them.

Compared with 1994, the operating fleet grew by 6 reactors. 5 reactors were connected to the grid that year, 3,557 MWe, mostly in India (1), Japan (1) and South Korea (1). The countries with the most operating capacity were United States (106,833 MWe), France (58,470 MWe) and Japan (39,867 MWe).

Connected to the grid in 1995

UnitCountryTypeModelMWe
Kakrapar 2India IndiaPHWRIPHWR-220202
MonjuJapan JapanFBRunknown246
Hanbit 4South Korea South KoreaPWROPR-1000961
Zaporizhzhia 6Ukraine UkrainePWRVVER-1000 (V-320)950
Sizewell BUnited Kingdom United KingdomPWRSNUPPS1,198

Countries by operating capacity in 1995

#CountryReactorsMWeUnder construction
1United States United States109106,8332
2France France5658,4704
3Japan Japan5139,8673
4Germany Germany1921,476—
5Russia Russia3219,8484
6Canada Canada2215,409—
7United Kingdom United Kingdom3512,315—
8Ukraine Ukraine1411,9225
9Sweden Sweden1211,056—
10South Korea South Korea108,6846
11Spain Spain97,710—
12Belgium Belgium75,922—
13Taiwan Taiwan65,052—
14Bulgaria Bulgaria63,638—
15Switzerland Switzerland53,346—
16Finland Finland42,794—
17Lithuania Lithuania22,370—
18China China32,298—
19Czech Republic Czech Republic41,9162
20Hungary Hungary41,916—
21South Africa South Africa21,854—
22India India101,8394
23Slovakia Slovakia41,7484
24Mexico Mexico21,552—
25Argentina Argentina29431
26Slovenia Slovenia1696—
27Brazil Brazil16091
28Netherlands Netherlands2537—
29Armenia Armenia1416—
30Pakistan Pakistan1901
31Kazakhstan Kazakhstan152—
32North Korea North Korea15—
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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