Nuclear Power Capacity Trend

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

Year	Total Net Electrical Capacity [GW]	Number of Operated Reactors	Year-end Total Net Electrical Capacity [GW]	Year-end Operational Reactors
2002	358.55	444	357.48	439
2003	360.81	443	359.83	437
2004	366.05	443	364.54	437
2005	368.98	442	368.04	440
2006	371.73	442	369.49	434
2007	371.62	438	369.48	436
2008	369.74	436	368.27	434
2009	369.91	436	367.41	433
2010	372.12	438	370.93	436
2011	375.91	442	350.66	414
2012	356.32	419	350.94	412
2013	355.32	416	349.47	409
2014	354.56	414	353.96	413
2015	364.37	423	360.50	416
2016	370.23	426	368.19	422
2017	371.75	426	369.42	423
2018	379.74	432	374.11	424
2019	379.79	430	369.59	417
2020	375.27	422	369.80	414
2021	375.46	420	366.79	410

• 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 in Suspended Operation) during the year.
  
• Year-end operational reactors are those reactors that had a status ‘in operation’ at the end of the year.

Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2023-06-01