Timeline · 2007

The world's nuclear fleet in 2007

In 2007, 445 nuclear reactors were operating in 32 countries, 380.5 GWe net, with 31 under construction. 2 of those units are not included in the net capacity because no net figure has been published for them.

Compared with 2006, the operating fleet grew by 3 reactors. 3 reactors were connected to the grid that year, 1,852 MWe: Tianwan 1-2 (China), Kaiga 3 (India) and Cernavodă 2 (Romania). 1 unit was permanently shut down, 515 MWe. The countries with the most operating capacity were United States (103,782 MWe), France (63,260 MWe) and Japan (47,635 MWe).

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Connected to the grid in 2007

Unit	Country	Type	Model	MWe
Tianwan 1-2	China	PWR	V-428	1,000
Kaiga 3	India	PHWR	IPHWR-220	202
Cernavodă 2	Romania	PHWR	CANDU 6	650

Shut down in 2007

Unit	Country	Type	Model	MWe	Grid connection
Pickering A2	Canada	PHWR	CANDU 500A	515	1971

Countries by operating capacity in 2007

#	Country	Reactors	MWe	Under construction
1	United States	104	103,782	1
2	France	59	63,260	1
3	Japan	56	47,635	2
4	Russia	33	21,782	5
5	Germany	17	20,496	—
6	South Korea	20	17,293	3
7	Canada	21	14,894	—
8	Ukraine	15	13,107	2
9	United Kingdom	19	10,337	—
10	Sweden	10	9,856	—
11	China	11	8,798	5
12	Spain	8	7,569	—
13	Belgium	7	5,922	—
14	Taiwan	6	5,052	—
15	Czech Republic	6	3,972	—
16	India	16	3,687	6
17	Switzerland	5	3,346	—
18	Finland	4	2,794	1
19	Slovakia	5	2,276	2
20	Bulgaria	2	2,006	—
21	Hungary	4	1,916	—
22	Brazil	2	1,884	—
23	South Africa	2	1,854	—
24	Mexico	2	1,552	—
25	Romania	2	1,300	—
26	Lithuania	1	1,185	—
27	Argentina	2	943	1
28	Slovenia	1	696	—
29	Netherlands	1	482	—
30	Armenia	1	416	—
31	Pakistan	2	390	1
32	North Korea	1	5	—
33	Iran	0	0	1
34	Philippines	0	0	—