Map of the nuclear fuel chain

The reactor map shows where electricity is made. This one shows where the fuel comes from and where it goes: 47 mines, 10 conversion plants, 19 enrichment plants, 31 fuel fabrication plants, 4 reprocessing plants and the sites that store or dispose of spent fuel and waste. 123 of the 152 civilian facilities on record are operating, in 28 countries; the most are in United States (24), China (14), Kazakhstan (14).

A filled circle is an operating facility; a ring is one that is planned, being built, closed or of uncertain status. The map draws every one of the 151 civilian facilities that has a recorded position (1 without a position is left off). 6 further sites that serve weapons programmes, or whose use is unclear, are hidden unless you tick the box above the map; they are kept out of the stage totals on purpose, because a military enrichment plant is not part of the commercial supply. Positions are for the site, not the building, and capacities are the figures each source states for the year shown; mining capacity and output are not the same thing, so check the facility page before comparing two circles. For who controls each stage, see the fuel chain; for the reactors these plants feed, see the reactor map.

Sources

• Facility positions, capacities and status: sources named on each facility page (IPFM, World Nuclear Association, operator and regulator publications) , Facts cited individually; see each facility page
• Base map: Natural Earth , Public domain

How these sources are used, including the corrections applied on top of them and what is deliberately left blank · download the underlying data