In 2008, the plans are to add 347 nuclear reactors, total capacity 324 GWe, to the currently operating 439 reactors, total capacity 372 GWe. However, 50% of the plans are still in the remote "proposal" stage (see Nuclear power worldwide).
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Reactors Under Construction May 2008 |
Reactors Planned May 2008 |
Reactors Proposed May 2008 |
Uranium Required 2008 |
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| Nbr. | MWe | Nbr. | MWe | Nbr. | MWe | tonnes U | |
| Argentina | 1 | 692 | 1 | 740 | 1 | 740 | 123 |
| Armenia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1,000 | 51 |
| Bangladesh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2,000 | 0 |
| Belarus | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Belgium | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,011 |
| Brazil | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1,245 | 4 | 4,000 | 303 |
| Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1,900 | 0 | 0 | 261 |
| Canada | 2 | 1,500 | 3 | 3,300 | 4 | 4,400 | 1,665 |
| China | 7 | 6,700 | 24 | 26,320 | 76 | 62,600 | 1,396 |
| Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1,900 | 619 |
| Egypt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1,000 | 0 |
| Finland | 1 | 1,600 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1,000 | 1,051 |
| France | 1 | 1,630 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1,600 | 10,527 |
| Germany | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3,332 |
| Hungary | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2,000 | 271 |
| India | 6 | 2,976 | 10 | 8,560 | 9 | 4,800 | 978 |
| Indonesia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2,000 | 2 | 2,000 | 0 |
| Iran | 1 | 915 | 2 | 1,900 | 1 | 300 | 143 |
| Israel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1,200 | 0 |
| Japan | 2 | 2,285 | 11 | 14,945 | 1 | 1,100 | 7,569 |
| Kazakhstan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 300 | 0 |
| Korea DPR (North) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 950 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Korea RO (South) | 3 | 3,000 | 5 | 6,600 | 0 | 0 | 3,109 |
| Lithuania | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3,200 | 225 |
| Mexico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2,000 | 246 |
| Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 300 | 2 | 600 | 2 | 2,000 | 65 |
| Romania | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1,310 | 1 | 655 | 174 |
| Russia | 7 | 4,920 | 10 | 11,960 | 25 | 22,280 | 3,365 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 840 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 313 |
| Slovenia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1,000 | 141 |
| South Africa | 0 | 0 | 1 | 165 | 24 | 4,000 | 303 |
| Spain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,398 |
| Sweden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,418 |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4,000 | 537 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 2,600 | |||||
| Thailand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4,000 | 0 |
| Turkey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4,500 | 0 |
| Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1,900 | 20 | 27,000 | 1,974 |
| United Kingdom | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,199 |
| USA | 0 | 0 | 12 | 15,000 | 20 | 26,000 | 18,918 |
| Vietnam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2,000 | 0 |
| WORLD | 36 | 29,958 | 93 | 101,395 | 218 | 192,975 | 64,615 |
Sources: see Sources of data
