Every Nuclear Power Plant
Creator: Preyash Shah
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There are 32 countries in the world with at least one operational nuclear power plant.
China seems to be heavily investing in building its nuclear energy capacity with 23 plants under construction and 35 planned.
Among European countries, France has the highest nuclear energy capacity and it heavily reliant on it for its energy needs. In 2022, nuclear energy accounted for 62.6% of France's total electricity production. By comparison, the share of nuclear electricity generation in the United States stood at less than 20 percent.
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Anything similar for coal plants? Or MW of nuclear and coal vs time?
The big outlier here is Germany, which has shut down all nuclear plants and replaced them with fossil fuels, including coal.