As of November 27, 2016, 450 nuclear power plants were in operation and 60 under construction world-wide. Most of the nuclear power plants were equipped with light water reactors, (see ‘pressurized water reactors’ and ‘boiling water reactors’).
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ReactorSystem used to initiate, maintain and control a fission chai... type |
In operation |
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Number |
Electr. output |
|
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AGRAdvanced Gas-Cooled Reactor. A total of 14 reactor units of ..., GGR |
15 |
8.175 |
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BWRSee 'boiling water reactor' |
78 |
74.686 |
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CANDUCanadian heavy-water-moderated pressure tube natural uranium.../D2O-PWR |
49 |
24.549 |
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FBRSee 'fast breeding reactor'. |
2 |
580 |
| PWRSee 'pressurized water reactor'. |
278 |
259.777 |
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RBMKLatin transcription of a Russian reactor type designation: (... |
15 |
10.219 |
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total |
437 |
377.986 |
Nuclear power plants of the world according to reactorSystem used to initiate, maintain and control a fission chai... types, 1 July 2015