IAEA Power Reactor Information System lists dates for expected new reactors
Kudankulam-1 PWR India 1000 MWe Gross 2011/02/28 BUSHEHR 1 PWR Iran 1000 MWE Gross 2011/05/15 Shin-Wolsong-1 PWR South Korea 1000 MWe Gross 2011/05/28 Chasnupp 2 PWR Pakistan 325 MWe Gross 2011/05/31 Shin-Kori-2 PWR South Korea 1000 MWe Gross 2011/08/01 Kusankulam-2 PWR India 1000 MWe Gross 2011/08/31 Shimane 3 BWR Japan 1373 MWe Gross 2012/03/15 Qinshan 2-4 PWR China 650 MWe Gross 2012/03/28 Shin-Wolsong-2 PWR South Korea 1000 MWe Gross 2012/05/28 Atucha 2 PHWR Argentina 745 MWe Gross 2012/07/06 Watts Bar-2 PWR USA Tennessee 1218 MWe Gross 2012/08/01
World Nuclear Association list of expected new reactors
Ones with dates in 2011 and 2012 that do not have a start date in IAEA database might be delayed. Russian and Taiwanese reactors have no starts dates in the IAEA database. Canada’s reactors are not classified as new in the IAEA database.
2012 India Kalpakkam FBR 470 MWe 2011 Russia Kalinin 4 PWR 950 MWe 2012 Taiwan Lungmen 1 ABWR 1300 MWe 2012 Canada Bruce A1 PHWR 769 MWe 2013 Canada Bruce A2 PHWR 769 MWe 2012 Finland Olkilouto 3 PWR 1600 MWe 2012 Taiwan Lungmen 2 ABWR 1300 2012 Canada Point Lepreau 1 PHWR 635 2012 France Flamanville 3 PWR 1600 2012 Russia Vilyuchinsk PWR x 2 70 2012 Russia Novovoronezh II-1 PWR 1070 2012 Slovakia Mochovce 3 PWR 440 2012 China Hongyanhe 1 PWR 1080 2012 China Ningde 1 PWR 1080 2013 China Sanmen 1 PWR 1250 2013 China Ningde 2 PWR 1080 2013 China Yangjiang 1 PWR 1080 2013 China Taishan 1 PWR 1700 2013 China Fangjiashan 1 PWR 1080 2013 China Fuqing 1 PWR 1080 2013 China Hongyanhe 2 PWR 1080 2013 Slovakia Mochovce 4 PWR 440 2014 China Sanmen 2 PWR 1250 2014 China Haiyang 1 PWR 1250 2014 China Ningde 3 PWR 1080 2014 China Hongyanhe 3 PWR 1080 2014 China Hongyanhe 4 PWR 1080 2015 China Yangjiang 2 PWR 1080 2014 China Fangjiashan 2 PWR 1080 2014 China Fuqing 2 PWR 1080 2014 China Changiang 1 PWR 650 2014 China Shidaowan HTR 200 Pebble bed 2014 Korea Shin-Kori 4 PWR 1350 2014 Japan Fukishima I-7 ABWR 1380 2014 Japan Ohma ABWR 1350 2014 Russia Rostov 3 PWR 1070 2014 Russia Beloyarsk 4 FNR 750 2015 Japan Fukishima I-8 ABWR 1380 2015 China Yangjiang 3 PWR 1080 2015 China Haiyang 2 PWR 1250 2015 China Taishan 2 PWR 1700 2015 China Ningde 4 PWR 1080 2015 China Hongyanhe 5 PWR 1080 2015 China Fangchenggang 1 PWR 1080 2015 China Changiang 2 PWR 650 2015 China Hongshiding 1 PWR 1080 2015 China Taohuajiang 1 PWR 1250 2015 China Fuqing 3 PWR 1080 2015 Korea Shin-Ulchin 1 PWR 1350 2015 Japan Higashidori 1 ABWR 1385 2015 Japan Kaminoseki 1 ABWR 1373 2015 India Kakrapar 3 PHWR 640 2015 Bulgaria Belene 1 PWR 1000 2016 Korea Shin-Ulchin 2 PWR 1350 2016 Romania Cernavoda 3 PHWR 655 2016 Russia Novovoronezh II-2 PWR 1070 2016 Russia Leningrad II-2 PWR 1200 2016 Russia Rostov 4 PWR 1200 2016 Russia Baltic 1 PWR 1200 2016 Russia Seversk 1 PWR 1200 2016 Ukraine Khmelnitsky 3 PWR 1000 2016 India Kakrapar 4 PHWR 640 2016 India Rajasthan 7 PHWR 640 2016 China several 2017 Russia Leningrad II-3 PWR 1200 2017 Ukraine Khmelnitsky 4 PWR 1000 2017 India Rajasthan 8 PHWR 640 2017 Romania Cernavoda 4 PHWR 655 2017 China, several
China is adding 80 GW of coal power this year. All of the non-coal energy technologies have to step up so that they can displace adding coal entirely and then allow old coal to be displaced. I would like to see 200 GW per year of new nuclear or 800 GW per year of wind and solar. Of course the wind and solar have to have either energy storage or natural gas (or nuclear backup) or an serious large buildup of grid to allow balancing of power to handle the intermittent nature of solar and wind. China is not fully rolling on its nuclear buildout and neither are other countries and China will start exporting reactors that are 2-3 times cheaper.
I can see nuclear scaling up to 40-80 GW per year additions worldwide in the 2020-2030 timeframe.
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