WNA Nuclear Century Outlook Data

The WNA’s Nuclear Century Outlook is a long-term projection designed to gauge the prospects for the worldwide growth of nuclear power in the 21st Century.

The table below show the full set of data used. Supporting information is provided for each country.

Current Nuclear Programmes*	2008	2030 Low	2030 High	2060 Low	2060 High	2100 Low	2100 High
	Capacity in GWe
Argentina	1	4	11	5	30	10	90
Armenia	0	1	0	1	1	2	4
Belarus	0	2	5	5	8	5	10
Belgium	6	6	8	8	10	8	22
Brazil	2	10	30	40	100	70	330
Bulgaria	2	4	7	5	7	5	7
Canada	13	20	30	25	40	30	85
China	9	50	200	150	750	500	2800
Czech Republic	3	5	7	5	12	5	15
Finland	3	5	7	8	10	8	11
France	63	65	75	80	110	80	130
Germany	20	20	50	40	80	80	175
Hungary	2	4	5	4	8	5	12
India	4	20	70	60	500	200	2750
Iran	0	3	10	5	30	10	140
Japan	48	55	70	80	140	80	200
Lithuania/ Latvia/ Estonia	1	4	6	5	8	5	8
Mexico	1	2	20	3	75	20	225
Netherlands	1	1	5	7	20	10	35
Pakistan	0	10	20	20	65	30	180
Romania	1	4	10	5	20	10	25
Russia	22	45	80	75	180	100	200
Slovakia	2	3	4	4	5	5	7
Slovenia	1	1	1	1	2	1	2
South Africa	2	8	25	30	50	30	55
South Korea (& North Korea)	18	25	50	45	80	70	145
Spain	7	8	20	20	50	25	60
Sweden	9	10	15	10	18	10	18
Switzerland	3	4	6	5	10	5	11
Ukraine	13	20	30	20	40	20	45
United Kingdom	11	20	30	30	80	40	140
United States	99	120	180	150	400	250	1200
SUBTOTAL	367	559	1087	951	2939	1729	9137

Nations Planning Nuclear	2008	2030 Low	2030 High	2060 Low	2060 High	2100 Low	2100 High
	Capacity in GWe
Egypt	0	3	10	6	40	10	90
Gulf Cooperation Council*	0	12	50	30	80	40	175
Indonesia	0	2	6	3	35	5	175
Kazakhstan	0	0	2	3	5	5	20
Nigeria	0	2	15	10	40	20	120
Poland	0	4	10	12	40	20	50
Turkey	0	5	15	10	50	20	160
Vietnam	0	2	15	4	30	6	120
SUBTOTAL	0	30	123	78	300	126	910
*Gulf Cooperation Council members are Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates

Potential Entrants	2008	2030 Low	2030 High	2060 Low	2060 High	2100 Low	2100 High
Click Countries for further information	Capacity in GWe
Albania	0	0	2	1	4	2	5
Algeria	0	0	5	2	15	5	40
Australia	0	0	10	15	25	20	60
Austria	0	0	3	2	5	4	7
Bangladesh	0	0	10	5	40	20	90
Chile	0	0	5	5	15	10	38
Croatia	0	0	2	2	5	2	5
Denmark	0	0	2	2	4	2	7
Greece	0	0	2	2	5	2	5
Iraq	0	0	2	5	15	6	60
Ireland	0	0	5	2	5	3	10
Israel	0	0	3	2	5	3	20
Italy	0	7	20	10	40	25	70
Jordan	0	3	7	3	8	5	12
Kenya	0	0	2	2	8	4	24
Malaysia and Singapore	0	0	10	5	15	5	30
Morocco	0	0	5	2	15	5	40
New Zealand	0	0	2	2	5	3	8
Norway	0	0	2	2	5	3	10
Philippines	0	1	10	10	60	20	95
Portugal	0	0	5	5	10	5	14
Serbia	0	0	2	5	8	5	14
Syria	0	0	3	2	7	5	25
Thailand	0	2	10	10	40	15	50
Venezuela	0	0	3	4	25	8	60
Other	0	0	8	4	40	20	200
SUBTOTAL	0	13	140	111	429	207	999
WORLD TOTAL	367	602	1350	1140	3688	2062	11046

Recent Updates:
Vietnam 2030 high updated from 4 GWe to 15 GWe to June 2010 recent government projection
Singapore has separate background information after Government panel recommends nuclear energy
South Africa 2030 reduced from 10 to 8 GW based on Governement projection of 6 GW by 2025.
Philippines 2030 low increased to 1. Plans for 2,400 MW nuclear generation by 2035 announced in November 2008
China 2030 increased from 150 to 200 in response to recent conference report
India 2060 increased from 350 to 500 to reflect statement from Prime Minister, predicting 470 GWe by 2050