Timeline · 2005

The world's nuclear fleet in 2005

In 2005, 461 nuclear reactors were operating in 35 countries, 380.6 GWe net, with 26 under construction.

Compared with 2004, the operating fleet grew by 5 reactors. 5 reactors were connected to the grid that year, 5,037 MWe, mostly in Japan (3), India (1) and South Korea (1). 2 units were permanently shut down, 940 MWe. The countries with the most operating capacity were United States (103,810 MWe), France (63,308 MWe) and Japan (47,912 MWe).

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Connected to the grid in 2005

Unit	Country	Type	Model	MWe
Tarapur 4	India	PHWR	—	490
Higashidori (Tepco) 1	Japan	BWR	BWR-5	1,385
Higashidori (Tohoku) 1	Japan	BWR	BWR-5	1,067
Shika 2	Japan	BWR	ABWR	1,108
Hanul 6	South Korea	PWR	OPR-1000	987

Shut down in 2005

Unit	Country	Type	Model	MWe	Grid connection
Obrigheim	Germany	PWR	Siemens	340	1968
Barseback 2	Sweden	BWR	ASEA-II	600	1977

Countries by operating capacity in 2005

#	Country	Reactors	MWe	Under construction
1	United States	109	103,810	1
2	France	60	63,308	—
3	Japan	56	47,912	2
4	Russia	36	22,383	2
5	Germany	17	20,496	—
6	South Korea	20	17,293	—
7	Canada	22	15,409	1
8	Ukraine	14	12,157	3
9	United Kingdom	23	11,207	—
10	Sweden	10	9,852	—
11	Spain	9	7,710	—
12	China	9	6,756	3
13	Belgium	7	5,922	—
14	Taiwan	6	5,052	—
15	Czech Republic	6	3,963	—
16	Switzerland	5	3,346	—
17	India	15	3,137	7
18	Bulgaria	4	2,822	—
19	Finland	4	2,794	1
20	Slovakia	6	2,684	2
21	Hungary	4	1,916	—
22	Brazil	2	1,884	—
23	South Africa	2	1,854	—
24	Mexico	2	1,552	—
25	Lithuania	1	1,185	—
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	1
33	Puerto Rico	1	18	—
34	Panama	1	10	—
35	North Korea	1	5	—
36	Iran	0	0	1