Nuclear power advancement of EU member states

Thirteen member countries of the European Union (EU) got 25 percent of their electricity production last year from nuclear power plants.

The European Statistical Office has published data on the electricity production of nuclear power plants in 2021 by the EU member states. As a result, a total of 731,701 gigawatt-hours of electricity were produced last year at nuclear power plants in 13 EU member countries. In said period, the production of electrical energy increased by 48,189 gigawatt hours (7 percent) with respect to the previous year.

Thus, in 2021, the share of nuclear power plants in the total electricity production of EU countries was 25 percent.

FRANCE RANKED FIRST

France produced the most electricity from nuclear power plants among the EU countries. 52 percent of the EU’s total electricity production from nuclear power plants originated in France.

France got 379,361 gigawatt hours of electricity from nuclear power plants, Germany 69,130 ​​gigawatt hours, Spain 56,564 gigawatt hours, Sweden 52,965 gigawatt hours and Belgium 50,326 gigawatt hours.

During this period, a total of 106 nuclear reactors operated in 13 EU member states. France provided 69 percent of its total electricity output, Slovakia 52 percent, Belgium 51 percent, Romania 19 percent and Germany 12 percent from nuclear reactors.

On the other hand, electricity is not produced by nuclear power in Denmark, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Austria, Poland and Portugal. (AA)