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Year	Country	Total reported Nuclear Production (GWh)	Total reported Waste from NPP (m³)	VLLW (%)	LLW (%)	ILW (%)	HLW (%)	Reported Waste per generated GWh (m³)	Types of Reactors in use
	Region Summary	2,123,906	3,128,655	5.86	65.46	21.02	7.66	1.473
2013	Argentina	5,732	3,779	0.00	75.00	25.00	0.00	0.659	3 PHWR
2013	Armenia	2,168	6,561	0.00	33.33	33.33	33.33	3.026	1 PWR
2013	Belgium	40,632	21,461	0.00	57.14	42.86	0.00	0.528	7 PWR
2008	Brazil	14,004	2,335	0.00	66.67	33.33	0.00	0.167	2 PWR
2013	Bulgaria	13,316	17,731	0.00	100.00	0.00	0.00	1.332	2 PWR
2012	Canada	90,984	440,802	0.00	29.17	25.00	45.83	4.845	19 PHWR
2013	China	110,710	20,570	12.00	80.00	8.00	0.00	0.186	1 FBR, 1 HTGR, 2 PHWR, 51 PWR
2013	Czech Republic	29,004	16,101	0.00	93.33	6.67	0.00	0.555	6 PWR
2013	Finland	22,698	18,233	0.00	99.06	0.94	0.00	0.803	2 BWR, 3 PWR
2009	France	390,000	297,817	33.33	66.67	0.00	0.00	0.764	56 PWR
2013	Germany	92,142	23,816	0.00	90.00	10.00	0.00	0.258	3 PWR
2013	Hungary	14,527	14,142	13.33	33.33	35.00	18.33	0.973	4 PWR
2013	Iran, Islamic Republic of	3,894	50	0.00	0.00	100.00	0.00	0.013	1 PWR
2013	Japan	13,947	362,952	0.00	100.00	0.00	0.00	26.024	17 BWR, 16 PWR
2013	Korea, Republic of	132,465	37,627	0.00	90.00	10.00	0.00	0.284	3 PHWR, 22 PWR
2008	Lithuania	9,140	39,141	0.00	83.33	16.67	0.00	4.282
2013	Mexico	11,377	10,123	25.00	12.50	37.50	25.00	0.890	2 BWR
2010	Netherlands	3,755	5,170	0.00	30.00	36.67	33.33	1.377	1 PWR
2010	Pakistan	2,560	3,223	0.00	100.00	0.00	0.00	1.259	6 PWR
2013	Romania	10,696	1,197	0.00	56.67	26.67	16.67	0.112	2 PHWR
2013	Slovakia	13,952	9,268	0.00	66.67	33.33	0.00	0.664	4 PWR
2010	Slovenia	5,381	2,420	0.00	57.14	28.57	14.29	0.450	1 PWR
2013	Spain	54,313	61,849	45.00	50.00	0.00	5.00	1.139	1 BWR, 6 PWR
2013	Sweden	63,723	63,954	28.57	57.14	14.29	0.00	1.004	4 BWR, 2 PWR
2012	Switzerland	24,445	6,225	6.96	91.67	1.38	0.00	0.255	1 BWR, 3 PWR
2013	Ukraine	78,000	60,454	0.00	76.50	0.77	22.73	0.775	15 PWR
2013	United Kingdom	64,133	338,353	0.00	50.00	50.00	0.00	5.276	8 GCR, 1 PWR
2008	United States of America	806,208	1,243,300	0.00	87.50	12.50	0.00	1.542	31 BWR, 61 PWR

Data source: NEWMDB

Legend:

BWR	Boiling Light-Water-Cooled and Moderated Reactor
FBR	Fast Breeder Reactor
GCR	Gas-Cooled, Graphite-Moderated Reactor
HTGR	High-Temperature Gas-Cooled, Graphite-Moderated Reactor
HWGCR	Heavy-Water-Moderated, Gas-Cooled Reactor
HWLWR	Heavy-Water-Moderated, Boiling Light-Water-Cooled Reactor
LWGR	Light-Water-Cooled, Graphite-Moderated Reactor
PHWR	Pressurized Heavy-Water-Moderated and Cooled Reactor
PWR	Pressurized Light-Water-Moderated and Cooled Reactor
SGHWR	Steam-Generating Heavy-Water Reactor
X	Others