France nuclear power statistics

Nuclear power is the main source of electricity in France, accounting for around 78% of its total electricity, which is the highest percentage in the world.

France accounts for almost half (47%) of total EU's nuclear electricity.

France currently has 59 operational nuclear reactors with total capacity of over 63 GWe.

In the last 20 years France has invested over $160 billion in the development of domestic nuclear power industry.

Only United States has more nuclear power capacity installed than France. France currently accounts for 15,8% of total world's nuclear electricity.

Majority of nuclear reactors in France belong to 900 MWe class (34 of them), and most of them were built in 1970s and the early 1980s.

Strong nuclear power sector is the main reason why France is the world's largest net exporter of electricity.

France imports most of the uranium from Canada and Niger.

Despite the strong nuclear power sector around 70% of the total energy consumed in France still comes from fossil fuels.

Thanks to its nuclear power plants, France's CO2 emissions per kWh are less than 1/10 that of Germany and the UK.