Timeline · 2001

The world's nuclear fleet in 2001

In 2001, 458 nuclear reactors were operating in 35 countries, 364.6 GWe net, with 37 under construction.

Compared with 2000, the operating fleet grew by 2 reactors. 3 reactors were connected to the grid that year, 2,759 MWe: Onagawa 3 (Japan), Rostov 1 (Russia) and Hanbit 5 (South Korea). 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 2001

Unit	Country	Type	Model	MWe
Onagawa 3	Japan	BWR	BWR-5	796
Rostov 1	Russia	PWR	VVER-1000/V-320	989
Hanbit 5	South Korea	PWR	OPR-1000	974

Countries by operating capacity in 2001

#	Country	Reactors	MWe	Under construction
1	United States	109	103,810	1
2	France	58	60,318	2
3	Japan	53	43,487	5
4	Germany	19	21,476	—
5	Russia	36	21,438	3
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	Brazil	2	1,884	—
24	South Africa	2	1,854	—
25	Mexico	2	1,552	—
26	Argentina	2	948	1
27	Slovenia	1	696	—
28	Romania	1	650	1
29	Philippines	1	621	—
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