Timeline · 2000

The world's nuclear fleet in 2000

In 2000, 456 nuclear reactors were operating in 35 countries, 362.3 GWe net, with 38 under construction.

Compared with 1999, the operating fleet grew by 5 reactors. 6 reactors were connected to the grid that year, 3,208 MWe, mostly in India (3), Brazil (1) and Czech Republic (1). 3 units were permanently shut down, 1,395 MWe. The countries with the most operating capacity were United States (103,810 MWe), France (60,318 MWe) and Japan (43,487 MWe).

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Connected to the grid in 2000

Unit	Country	Type	Model	MWe
Angra 2	Brazil	PWR	Pre-Konvoi	1,275
Temelin 1	Czech Republic	PWR	VVER-1000/V-320	1,027
Kaiga 1	India	PHWR	—	202
Rajasthan 3	India	PHWR	—	202
Rajasthan 4	India	PHWR	—	202
Chashma 1	Pakistan	PWR	CNP-300	300

Shut down in 2000

Unit	Country	Type	Model	MWe	Grid connection
Chernobyl 3	Ukraine	LWGR	RBMK-1000	925	1981
Hinkley Point A1	United Kingdom	GCR	MAGNOX	235	1965
Hinkley Point A2	United Kingdom	GCR	MAGNOX	235	1965

Countries by operating capacity in 2000

#	Country	Reactors	MWe	Under construction
1	United States	109	103,810	1
2	France	58	60,318	2
3	Japan	53	43,487	4
4	Germany	19	21,476	—
5	Russia	35	20,449	4
6	Canada	22	15,409	1
7	South Korea	16	13,365	4
8	United Kingdom	33	11,875	—
9	Ukraine	13	11,207	4
10	Sweden	11	10,452	—
11	Spain	9	7,710	—
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	Slovakia	6	2,684	2
18	India	14	2,647	2
19	Lithuania	2	2,370	—
20	China	3	2,256	8
21	Hungary	4	1,916	—
22	Czech Republic	4	1,907	2
23	South Africa	2	1,854	—
24	Mexico	2	1,552	—
25	Argentina	2	948	1
26	Slovenia	1	696	—
27	Romania	1	650	1
28	Philippines	1	621	—
29	Brazil	1	609	1
30	Netherlands	1	482	—
31	Armenia	1	416	—
32	Pakistan	2	390	—
33	Puerto Rico	1	18	—
34	Panama	1	10	—
35	North Korea	1	5	—
36	Iran	0	0	1