World's Largest Nuclear Power Plant Countries

Nuclear power is the use of nuclear reactors to release nuclear energy, and thereby generate electricity. The term includes nuclear fission, nuclear decay and nuclear fusion. Presently, the nuclear fission of elements in the actinide series of the periodic table produce the vast majority of nuclear energy in the direct service of humankind, with nuclear decay processes, primarily in the form of geothermal energy, and radioisotope thermoelectric generators, in niche uses making up the rest.

Nuclear (fission) power stations, excluding the contribution from naval nuclear fission reactors, provided 13% of the world's electricity in 2012. The share of the world's primary energy supply, which refers to the heat production without the conversion efficiency of about 33 %, was about 5.7%. Its share of the global final energy consumption (actually useful energy, i.e. electric power) is below 2.5 %.  - Source- Wikipedia by Btechallsolutions

World's Largest Nuclear Power Plant Countries

At least 31 countries in the world generate nuclear power. France has the highest share of nuclear power- more than 73% of the total electricity generated came from nuclear plants. A comparison with previous years shows that there is a significant decline in the share of nuclear power in Japan and Germany. This is a result of the devastating earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan in2011 damaging the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant. This disaster sparked a worldwide debate about the safety of nuclear power plants.

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