442 reactors in the world, 148 in Europe

There are 442 active nuclear reactors in the world, concentrated in 29 countries and built by a very small group of companies (they do not come to a dozen). Europe occupies a leading role, with 148 active reactors in 16 countries. The total world production, and 'equal to 375.000 GW (e).

The already 'active reactors will be added 65 under construction, eight of them in Europe (two in Bulgaria, Romania and Slovakia, one in Finland and France). And 'in China at the moment and' the most active construction sites in the world, with 27 plants under construction. Also the intense activity 'in the Russian Federation (11), followed by India and Korea (5 each), Bulgaria, Japan, Slovakia and Ukraine (2 each), and Argentina, Brazil, Finland, France, Iran, Pakistan and the United States (1). To build them, and 'a small number of companies including France's Areva, US General Electric and Westinghouse, the Japanese Toshiba and Hitachi. Other companies manufacturers are active in Korea, Russia and China. The world record for the number of nuclear reactors in operation up to the Member States, with 104, followed by France (58), Japan (54) and Russia (32).

A distance are Korea (21), India (20), Great Britain (19), Canada (18), Germany (17), Ukraine (15) China (13), Sweden (10). Below are: Spain (9), Belgium (7), Czech Republic and Taiwan (6 each) and Switzerland (5). Rounding out the list Finland, Hungary and Slovakia (4 reactors each), Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Mexico, Pakistan, Romania and South Africa (2), Armenia, the Netherlands and Slovenia (1 each). The active reactors have an age 'average between 24 and 31 years. Of the 442 active, 33 are running for 27 years and from 32 to 26. The central more 'old, first-generation equipment, have now been dismantled (they remain in office one or two for experimental purposes) and all currently active stations in world are second generation. The third generation 'at the starting line in Europe, with a center in Finland and one in France, and also in China, Japan and Korea. The reactor came on stream more 'than 30 years ago, such as those of the Japanese central Fukushima are a total of 152, of which 14 have more' than 40 years. The more 'young reactors, with less than 20 years, have 79 and 29 of these have less than 10 years.