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List of nuclear power plants in Japan
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2025:14 nuclear reactors in operation
The number of operating nuclear reactors in countries around the world according to Bloomberg as of February 2025:
- UNITED STATES: 94
- China: 57
- France: 57
- Russia: 36
- South Korea: 26
- India: 20
- Canada: 17
- Ukraine: 15
- Japan: 14
- United Kingdom: 9
- Spain: 7
- Czech Republic: 6
- Pakistan: 6
- Sweden: 6
- Belgium: 5
- Finland: 5
- Slovakia: 5
- Hungary: 4
- Switzerland: 4
- UAE: 4
- Argentina: 3
- Belarus: 2
- Brazil: 2
- Bulgaria: 2
- Mexico: 2
- Romania: 2
- South Africa: 2
- Armenia: 1
- Iran: 1
- Netherlands: 1
- Slovenia: 1
2024: Average capital expenditures for NPP construction
2023: World's largest fusion reactor launched in Japan
On December 1, 2023, the world's largest experimental thermonuclear reactor, the JT-60SA complex, was launched in Japan. The installation is the size of a six-story building located in Naka (Ibaraki Prefecture) north of Tokyo. Read more here.
2022:10 operating reactor plants and a construction plan for new
Japan in December 2022 adopted a plan to extend the life of nuclear reactors, replace old ones and build new ones. After the Fukushima disaster, the country planned to abandon the use of nuclear power, but has now changed this decision amid global interruptions in energy supplies.