Timeline · 2001

The world's nuclear fleet in 2001

In 2001, 446 nuclear reactors were operating in 32 countries, 363.3 GWe net, with 35 under construction. 2 of those units are not included in the net capacity because no net figure has been published for them.

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 (103,782 MWe), France (60,270 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	104	103,782	1
2	France	57	60,270	2
3	Japan	53	43,487	4
4	Germany	19	21,476	—
5	Russia	33	20,837	3
6	Canada	22	15,409	—
7	South Korea	16	13,365	4
8	United Kingdom	33	11,845	—
9	Ukraine	13	11,207	4
10	Sweden	11	10,456	—
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	2,298	8
21	Czech Republic	4	1,916	2
22	Hungary	4	1,916	—
23	Brazil	2	1,884	—
24	South Africa	2	1,854	—
25	Mexico	2	1,552	—
26	Argentina	2	943	1
27	Slovenia	1	696	—
28	Romania	1	650	1
29	Netherlands	1	482	—
30	Armenia	1	416	—
31	Pakistan	2	390	—
32	North Korea	1	5	—
33	Iran	0	0	1
34	Philippines	0	0	—