Timeline · 1995

The world's nuclear fleet in 1995

In 1995, 450 nuclear reactors were operating in 35 countries, 354.5 GWe net, with 41 under construction.

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 (106,861 MWe), France (58,518 MWe) and Japan (39,867 MWe).

Connected to the grid in 1995

UnitCountryTypeModelMWe
Kakrapar 2India IndiaPHWR202
MonjuJapan JapanFBRunknown246
Hanbit 4South Korea South KoreaPWROPR-1000961
Zaporizhzhia 6Ukraine UkrainePWRVVER V-320950
Sizewell BUnited Kingdom United KingdomPWRSNUPPS1,198

Countries by operating capacity in 1995

#CountryReactorsMWeUnder construction
1United States United States114106,8612
2France France5758,5184
3Japan Japan5139,8673
4Germany Germany1921,476
5Russia Russia3520,4494
6Canada Canada2215,4091
7United Kingdom United Kingdom3512,345
8Ukraine Ukraine1411,9225
9Sweden Sweden1211,052
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 China32,256
19Hungary Hungary41,916
20Czech Republic Czech Republic41,9072
21South Africa South Africa21,854
22India India101,8394
23Slovakia Slovakia41,7484
24Mexico Mexico21,552
25Argentina Argentina29481
26Slovenia Slovenia1696
27Philippines Philippines1621
28Brazil Brazil16091
29Netherlands Netherlands2537
30Armenia Armenia1416
31Pakistan Pakistan1901
32Kazakhstan Kazakhstan152
33 Puerto Rico118
34 Panama110
35North Korea North Korea15
36Iran Iran001
37Romania 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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