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A map showing countries which have or had commercial nuclear power stations.

Green indicates countries building new reactors.
Yellow indicates countries planning new reactors.
Dark blue indicates countries with reactors, but no plans for expansion or phase-out.
Pale blue indicates countries with reactors considering phase-out.
Red indicates those which formerly had commercial reactors, but which have all been phased out.<br?> Brown indicates that the country has declared itself free of nuclear power and weapons.

Specific notes on status

See also: en:Nuclear power by country.

Country	Plants/situation
Australia	has 1 nuclear reactor, however it is non-commercial, change soon. also, the first commercial reacter is being considered.
Austria	Construction on the Zwentendorf Nuclear plant finished in 1978, however a referendum was passed that did not allow startup.
Belarus	Announced in October 2007 that it will build it's first nuclear reactor. Construction will commence in 2008 and will finish in 4 to 8 years. BBC source.
The Philippines	1 plant, the en:Bataan Nuclear Power Plant, was mothballed
South Korea	SK has many units of CANDU and PWR design at 4 different locations. Currently, there are multiple units at Shin Wolsong and Shin-Kori under construction, of which two are planned to come online in 2010. See en:Nuclear power in South Korea
The United Kingdom	The government has had pressure to both increase nuclear power generation as well as stop expansion. The Scottish government has turned town new plans and has mostly rejected new nuclear generation. England has a very complicated political environment for new nuclear generation, see en:Nuclear power in the United Kingdom.
The United States of America	See en:Nuclear power in the United States. There are over 20 plants planned and applications for the first COLs were submitted in September 2007. This means that groundbreaking may begin in a few years after the license is approved and operation is expected between 2013 and 2015. Watts Bar 2, which had construction suspended in 1995, officially had construction resume on October 15, 2007.^[1]

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current	19:33, 12 May 2009	1,425 × 625 (20 KB)	Frukt~commonswiki (talk \| contribs)	Changed status of Estonia from "No commercial reactors" to "Considering first plant" [http://www.baltictimes.com/news/articles/22348/].
	14:28, 6 February 2009	1,425 × 625 (43 KB)	Frukt~commonswiki (talk \| contribs)	Changed status of Sweden from "considering decommissioning" to "considering new plants", based on [http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/feb/05/sweden-nuclear-power an article in The Guardian].
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	16:55, 15 April 2008	1,425 × 625 (65 KB)	Sparrowman980 (talk \| contribs)	== Summary == A map showing countries which have or had commercial nuclear power stations. Green indicates countries building new reactors.<br/> Yellow indicates countries planning new reactors.<br/> Dark blue indicates countries with reactors, but no pl
	16:51, 15 April 2008	1,425 × 625 (65 KB)	Sparrowman980 (talk \| contribs)	== Summary == A map showing countries which have or had commercial nuclear power stations. Green indicates countries building new reactors.<br/> Yellow indicates countries planning new reactors.<br/> Dark blue indicates countries with reactors, but no pl