Nuclear Power Capacity Trend

Sum of Reference Unit Power (net capacity) of reactors in operation within and at the end of reported years

Year	Number of Operated Reactors	Total Net Electrical Capacity [GW]	Year-end Operational Reactors	Year-end Total Net Electrical Capacity [GW]
1998	438	351.17	430	344.9
1999	434	348.00	432	347.35
2000	438	351.38	435	349.98
2001	438	352.72	438	352.72
2002	444	358.55	439	357.48
2003	443	360.81	437	359.83
2004	443	366.05	438	364.67
2005	443	369.06	441	368.12
2006	443	371.82	435	369.58
2007	439	371.71	439	371.71
2008	439	371.96	438	371.56
2009	440	373.20	437	370.70
2010	442	375.41	441	375.28
2011	448	380.28	435	368.92
2012	440	374.59	437	373.24
2013	441	377.62	434	371.78
2014	439	376.87	438	376.26
2015	448	386.67	441	382.81
2016	451	392.53	447	390.49
2017	451	394.05	448	391.72

• Operated reactors are those reactors that were in operation at least for a short time in the year – this includes also reactors that were shutdown (permanently or into long-term shutdown) during the year.
  
• Year-end operational reactors are those reactors that had a status ‘in operation’ at the end of the year.

Above data are from the PRIS database. Last update on 2019-04-20