Thirteen EU countries with commercial nuclear power reactors generated 619,601 GWh of electricity in 2023, an increase of 1.7% compared with 2022, largely due to France completing maintenance of its nuclear reactors.
According to the latest figures from Eurostat, the EU’s statistical office, nuclear power plants from the 13 countries accounted for 22.8% of the total electricity production in the EU.
The EU’s largest nuclear producer, France, generated 54.6% of the EU’s nuclear power (338,202 GWh). Spain followed with 56,873 GWh (9.2%), ahead of Sweden (48,470 GWh; 7.8%) and Finland (34,308 GWh; 5.5%).
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