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Nuclear provides 17 pct of world electricity-IAEA
LONDON, May 12 (Reuters)
Figures from the International Atomic Energy Agency said 437 nuclear
plants were operating at the end of 1997 with three plants coming on
stream - two in France and one in South Korea. Construction work on
five new nuclear reactors started last year, three in China and two in
South Korea.
Electricity produced from nuclear power in 1997 at 2276.49 terrawatt
hours was higher than the whole world's total electricity production
thirty years ago, the IAEA said.
A table below outlines the number of nuclear reactors and the
percentage of electricity they supply.
COUNTRY # Reactors %
Argentina 2 11.40
Armenia 1 25.67
Belgium 7 60.05
Brazil 1 1.09
Bulgaria 6 45.38
Canada 16 14.16
China 3 0.79
Czech Republic 4 19.34
Finland 4 30.40
France 59 78.17
Germany 20 31.76
Hungary 4 39.88
India 10 2.32
Japan 54 35.22
Kazakhstan 1 0.58
South Korea 12 34.08
Lithuania 2 81.47
Mexico 2 6.48
Netherlands 1 2.77
Pakistan 1 0.65
Romania 1 9.67
Russia 29 13.63
South Africa 2 6.51
Slovakia 4 43.99
Slovenia 1 39.91
Spain 9 29.34
Sweden 12 46.24
Switzerland 5 40.57
Taiwan 6 26.35
U.K 35 27.45
Ukraine 16 46.84
U.S. 107 20.14
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