Timeline · 2010

The world's nuclear fleet in 2010

In 2010, 459 nuclear reactors were operating in 34 countries, 383.6 GWe net, with 59 under construction.

Compared with 2009, the operating fleet grew by 4 reactors. 5 reactors were connected to the grid that year, 3,768 MWe, mostly in China (2), India (1) and Russia (1). 1 unit was permanently shut down, 130 MWe. The countries with the most operating capacity were United States (103,810 MWe), France (63,178 MWe) and Japan (48,565 MWe).

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Connected to the grid in 2010

Unit	Country	Type	Model	MWe
Ling'ao 2-3	China	PWR	CPR-1000	1,007
Qinshan 2-3	China	PWR	CNP-600	623
Rajasthan 6	India	PHWR	—	202
Rostov 2	Russia	PWR	VVER-1000/V-320	950
Shin-Kori 1	South Korea	PWR	OPR-1000	986

Shut down in 2010

Unit	Country	Type	Model	MWe	Grid connection
Phenix	France	FBR	PH-250	130	1973

Countries by operating capacity in 2010

#	Country	Reactors	MWe	Under construction
1	United States	109	103,810	1
2	France	59	63,178	1
3	Japan	56	48,565	2
4	Russia	37	23,333	10
5	Germany	17	20,496	—
6	South Korea	20	17,293	6
7	Canada	20	14,379	1
8	Ukraine	15	13,107	2
9	China	13	10,386	24
10	United Kingdom	19	10,337	—
11	Sweden	10	9,852	—
12	Spain	8	7,569	—
13	Belgium	7	5,922	—
14	Taiwan	6	5,052	—
15	India	19	4,233	5
16	Czech Republic	6	3,963	—
17	Switzerland	5	3,346	—
18	Finland	4	2,794	1
19	Bulgaria	2	2,006	—
20	Hungary	4	1,916	—
21	Brazil	2	1,884	1
22	Slovakia	4	1,868	2
23	South Africa	2	1,854	—
24	Mexico	2	1,552	—
25	Romania	2	1,300	—
26	Argentina	2	948	1
27	Slovenia	1	696	—
28	Philippines	1	621	—
29	Netherlands	1	482	—
30	Armenia	1	416	—
31	Pakistan	2	390	1
32	Puerto Rico	1	18	—
33	Panama	1	10	—
34	North Korea	1	5	—
35	Iran	0	0	1