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Statistics on nuclear power

Compiled by Galina Vitkova

 Producers of nuclear electricity

Data for the year 2007

Sources: International Energy Agency IEA, Commissariat à l’Énergie Atomique (France)

*Excludes countries with no nuclear production

Producers

TWh

% of world total

 

         

United States

837

30.8%

 

         

France

440

16.2%

 

         

Japan

264

9.7%

 

Installed capacity

GW

 

   

Russian Federation

160

5.9%

 

United States

106

 

   

Korea

143

5.3%

 

France

63

 

   

Germany

141

5.2%

 

Japan

49

 

Country (top-ten producers)

 

% of nuclear in total home electricity gen.

Canada

93

3.4%

 

Russian Federation

22

 

France

77.9%

Ukraine

93

3.4%

 

Germany

20

 

Ukraine

47.2%

Sweden

67

2.5%

 

Korea

18

 

Sweden

45.0%

United Kingdom

63

 

2.3%

 

 

Ukraine

13

 

Korea

33.6%

Rest of the world

418

15.3%

 

Canada

13

 

Japan

23.5%

World

2719

100.0%

 

United Kingdom

11

 

Germany

22.3%

 

     

Sweden

9

 

United States

19.4%

 

     

Rest of the world

48

 

 

United Kingdom

16.1%

       

World

372

 

Russian Federation

15.8%

             

Canada

14.6%

             

Rest of the world*

6.6%

             

World

13.8%

Measure unit abbreviations

TWh terawatt hour

GW gigawatt

 

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