The centre of gravity of civil nuclear power is shifting towards East. China has laid out plans to increase nuclear power capability 11 fold, up to 95,620 MWe (see Nuclear power worldwide).
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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
