In 2019, 13 EU Member States had altogether 106 nuclear reactors in operation, producing 765 337 GWh of electricity or about 26% of the total electricity production in the EU.
The largest producer of nuclear power in the EU was France with 399 011 GWh (52.1% of the EU total), followed by Germany (75 071 GWh or 9.8%), Sweden (66 130 GWh or 8.6%) and Spain (58 349 GWh or 7.6%).
These four countries together accounted for more than three quarters of the total amount of electricity generated in nuclear facilities in the EU.
Source dataset: nrg_inf_nuc
Since 2006, the total gross electricity production from nuclear power plants in the EU decreased by 16.3%, mainly due to the shutdown of nuclear reactors in Germany.
For more information have a look at the Statistics Explained article on Nuclear energy statistics.
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