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Although nuclear power generates many megawatts of power, the waste produced and risks often make it a controversial choice. As a result, different nations have very different attitudes towards nuclear power; some, such as France, generate most of their electricity by nuclear power, while others, such as Italy, have decommissioned, or are planning to decommission, all of their nuclear power stations.
In addition to the nations listed below, several other nations, such as Australia, have research reactors, but no plans to diverge into commercial nuclear power; only the commercial reactors registered with the International Atomic Energy Agency are listed below. Nations are listed first by number of reactors, then by peak power output in megawatts. Regions in italics are added for comparison.
Nuclear power by country
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The status of nuclear power globally. Nations in dark green have reactors and are constructing new reactors, those in light green are constructing their first reactor, those in dark yellow are considering new reactors, those in light yellow are considering their first reactor, those in blue have reactors but are not constructing or decommissioning, those in light blue are considering decommissioning and those in red have decommissioned all their commercial reactors.
The nearly completed Żarnowiec Nuclear Power Plant was abandoned in the early 1990's. There is wide political consensus that Poland needs at least 2 nuclear power plants in the north of Poland but no biding decisions have been made so far.
a One of the conditions of Lithuania's entry into the European Union was that the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant, Lithuania's only nuclear plant, be closed on safety grounds. As a result, Lithuania has proposed a replacement to be built on the same site.[13]
European Union (details), (List)
United States (details), (List)
France (details)
Japan (details)
Russia (details)
Germany (details)
South Korea (details)
Ukraine
Canada (details)
United Kingdom (details)
Sweden (details)
People's Republic of China (details), (List)
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Belgium
Taiwan (Republic of China) (details)
India (details)
Czech Republic (details)
Switzerland (details)
Bulgaria (details)
Finland (details)
Slovakia
Brazil
South Africa
Hungary
Romania
Mexico
Lithuania
Argentina
Slovenia
Netherlands
Pakistan
Armenia
Iran
North Korea
Turkey
Indonesia
Vietnam
Egypt
Israel
Libya (details)
Poland
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