Abstract
Nuclear reactors are now being used in 31 countries for the generation of electricity. Overall, they supply about one-sixth of the world’s electricity [1]. As of November 2003, there were 440 operating nuclear power reactors in the world, with a combined net generating capacity of 360 gigawatts-electric (GWe) [2].1 Summary data on these reactors are presented in Table 2.1, which lists for each country the total nuclear generation and nuclear power’s fraction of the total electricity generation.
We here use data compiled by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and posted, with periodic updating, on its website [2, 3].
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