Europe’s €130 billion nuclear dream

Eastern Europe is uniting behind the biggest drive for nuclear capacity in decades, with plans to build a string of new reactors but the question is who will foot the bill


PLANNED OUTPUT (megawatts) 
Poland		6,550 
Czech Rep.	4,800
Hungary 	2,400
Bulgaria 	2,300
Slovenia 	1,650
Romania 	1,400
Slovakia 	1,200
Estonia		600
 
Czech Rep.
Dukovany

Slovakia
Bohunice

Slovenia
Krško

Hungary† 
Paks

Estonia*
 
Poland
Pomerania, Patnow

Romania
Cernavodă

Bulgaria
Kozloduy

Reactor projects (locations) 
Planned Proposed

*Provisional plans 
†Construction underway


Sources: Bloomberg, World Nuclear Association
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