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China and the Global Uranium Market: Prospects for Peaceful Coexistence
Table 2
The 8 biggest civilian nuclear powers: planned reactors and uranium requirements in 2012.
| Country | Reactors operable | Reactors under construction | Reactors planned and proposed within 15 years | Uranium requirements in 2012 (Tonnes U) |
| China | 15 | 26 | 171 | 6 550 | France | 58 | 1 | 2 | 9 254 | Japan | 51 | 2 | 15 | 4 636 | Russia | 33 | 10 | 41 | 5 488 | South Korea | 23 | 3 | 6 | 3 967 | Ukraine | 15 | 0 | 13 | 2 348 | United Kingdom | 17 | 0 | 13 | 2 096 | United States | 104 | 1 | 30 | 19 724 | World | 435 | 62 | 489 | 67 990 |
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Source: World Nuclear Association, April 2012.
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