Nuclear Free
Countries without nuclear power plants
Use of nuclear energy
With the nuclear disaster in Japan, triggered by the 8.9 magnitude earthquake and the tsunami on March 11, 2011, the question of the safety of nuclear power plants has arisen everywhere. Hardly anyone would have guessed that, after the accident in Chernobyl in 1986, it would hit the highly technical and safe Japan. The following figures are based on a survey from the year 2019 .
Which nuclear power plant or country will be affected by an accident next?
The nuclear phase-out will be particularly difficult in the following countries, as the proportion of the country’s total electricity generation is 20% and more :
- France (71%)
- Slovakia (54%)
- Ukraine (54%)
- Hungary (49%)
- Belgium (48%)
- Bulgaria (38%)
- Slovenia (37%)
- Czech Republic (35%)
- Finland (35%)
- Sweden (34%)
- Armenia (28%)
- South Korea (26%)
- Switzerland (24%)
- Spain (21%)
- USA (20%)
- Russia (20%)
