Table of Contents

1. Nuclear capacity and electricity generation 11

2. Nuclear fuel cycle requirements 23

3. Country reports 37

-Belgium 37

-Canada 38

-Czech Republic 41

-Finland 41

-France 43

-Germany 45

-Hungary 46

-Mexico 47

-Netherlands 47

-Poland 47

-Republic of Korea 48

-Slovak Republic 49

-Spain 50

-Switzerland 51

-Turkey 53

-United Kingdom 54

-United States 55

Tables

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1.1 Total and nuclear electricity generation 12

-1.2 Total and nuclear electricity capacity 14

-1.3 Nuclear power plants by development stage (as of 31 December 2012)  17

-1.4 Nuclear power plants connected to the grid 18

-2.1 Uranium resources 23

-2.2 Uranium production 23

-2.3 Uranium requirements 24

-2.4 Conversion capacities 25

-2.5 Conversion requirements 26

-2.6 Enrichment capacities 27

-2.7 Enrichment requirements 28

-2.8 Fuel fabrication capacities 29

-2.9 Fuel fabrication requirements 30

-2.10 Spent fuel storage capacities 31

-2.11 Spent fuel arisings and cumulative in storage 32

-2.12 Reprocessing capacities 34

-2.13 Plutonium use 34

-2.14 Re-enriched tails production 35

-2.15 Re-enriched tails use 35

-2.16 Reprocessed uranium production 35

-2.17 Reprocessed uranium use 36

Figures

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1.1 Nuclear power share of total electricity production in OECD countries (2012) 11

-1.2 Trends in total and nuclear electricity generation 16

-1.3 Trends in total and nuclear electricity capacity 16

-1.4 Number of units and nuclear capacity in OECD countries (2012) 19

-1.5 Number of units and capacity connected to the grid by type of reactor (2012)  19

-1.6 The nuclear fuel cycle 20

-2.1 Fuel cycle supply and demand comparisons in OECD countries (2012)  36