Nuclear power (1983: Doomsday)

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This 1983: Doomsday article is considered canon, but experts on particular regions are still welcome to make changes or additions as appropriate.

This map shows all countries with nuclear power generating plants in 1983.

On September 26, 1983, the world had 255 nuclear power plants in various stages of construction, operation, and decommissioning.

These plants, including their fuel and waste, contributed to the damage of the Doomsday event when they were damaged or when the crew could not shut them down safely. Even a shut-down nuclear plant remains dangerous for months or years: if water cannot be continually pumped over the reactor core, it will overheat and cause a meltdown. The electronic components in nuclear plants typically were shielded against EMPs from nuclear weapons, but their cooling pumps still relied on power from the grid. With the grid fried by EMPs, the plants relied on backup systems run on diesel and battery power. Unless the power grid could be restored - or the plant had access to an indefinite supply of diesel fuel - these systems eventually failed.

In fact, the radioactive contamination left by these meltdowns and leaks was much more persistent than the effects of the missiles themselves. In some places, the damage has been compounded when states or armed groups reused the radioactive material to make dirty bombs.

Those few nuclear plants that remained operable became major political controversies. In the years since 1983, a small number of plants that had been incomplete or decommissioned have been brought online; but no new nuclear plant has yet been built owing to the expense, the scarcity of materials, and local opposition. Nevertheless, a few countries have announced their intention to research nuclear power or build new plants. Currently there are 11 active nuclear power plants around the world, all of them built before 1983.

Some facilities of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) survived in Geneva and Monaco. The agency has been revived, but transformed into the International Radiological and Chemical Agency (IRCA), an office of the League of Nations. In the post-nuclear world, its role is more important than ever.

Most of IRCA's work is done by its ten regional response teams, most of which are further broken down into sub-regions. The first phase of its mission was to track down the fate and status of the world's reactors and waste sites, a first step toward efforts to mitigate the damage caused by meltdowns and leaks. Nowadays it works to help shut down and decommission abandoned plants in unclaimed territory that might still be hazardous, plants in small nations lacking resources to safely decommission a plant, and secure radioactive materials. The states that fund this work assist with commissioning fossil fuel or renewable energy sources as well as assist with procuring radioactive material for healthcare systems.

This page is intended to be a complete census of the world's nuclear plants in 1983 and afterward. The source is this List of commercial nuclear reactors.

Latin America

• Total plants: 5
• IRCA Regional HQ: Buenos Aires
• Subregional offices: Veracruz, Rio de Janeiro

Name	Jurisdiction (1983)	Jurisdiction (2022)	Construction start	Operational	Status in 1983	Fate
Atucha	Argentina	Argentina	1968	1974	active	survived
Embalse	Argentina	Argentina	1974	1998	under construction	brought online
Angra	Brazil	Brazil	1971	2000	under construction	brought online
Juraguá	Cuba	Cuba	1983	n/a	under construction, no fuel	abandoned
Laguna Verde	Mexico	Mexico	1976	n/a	under construction	construction halted permanently

United States

• Total plants: 84
• IRCA Regional HQ: Riverhead (Long Island)
• Subregional offices: Yreka, Fort Collins, Laredo, Kewaunee, Americus

Name	Jurisdiction (1983)	Jurisdiction (2022)	Construction start	Operational	Status in 1983	Fate
Arkansas	Arkansas	Russellville	1968	1974	active	?
Arnold	Iowa	Cedar Rapids exclusion zone	1970	1975	active	meltdown
Beaver Valley	Pennsylvania	North Pennsylvania influence	1970	1976	active	?
Bellefonte	Alabama	northeast Alabama (lawless zone)	1975	n/a	construction halted	abandoned
Big Rock Point	Michigan	Superior	1960	1963	active	partial meltdown, later contained and quarantined
Braidwood	Illinois	northern Illinois (lawless zone)	1975	n/a	under construction	abandoned, leaking
Browns Ferry	Alabama	Alabama influence	1967	1974	active	?
Brunswick	North Carolina	Cape Fear exclusion zone	1970	1975	active	shut down, decay heat meltdown 1983
Byron	Illinois	Quad Cities influence	1975	n/a	under construction, no fuel	abandoned
Callaway	Missouri	central Missouri (lawless zone)	1975	n/a	under construction	abandoned, leaking
Calvert Cliffs	Maryland	Delmarva	1968	1975	active	shut down, decontaminated
Catawba	South Carolina	Charlotte exclusion zone	1974	n/a	under construction	abandoned, leaking
Clinton	Illinois	Springfield-Decatur exclusion zone	1975	n/a	under construction	abandoned, leaking
Columbia	Washington	Pasco	1972	n/a	under construction	shut down, contained
Comanche Peak	Texas	Texas influence	1974	n/a	under construction	abandoned, leaking
Connecticut Yankee	Connecticut	Vermont influence	1964	1968	active	meltdown
Cook	Michigan	Chicago exclusion zone	1969	1975	active	meltdown
Cooper	Nebraska	Lincoln	1968	1974	active	shut down, leaks contained
Crystal River	Florida	Gainesville	1968	1977	active	?
Davis-Besse	Ohio	Toledo	1970	1978	active	survived, leak contained, decommissioned in 2003
Diablo Canyon	California	Chumash	1968	n/a	construction halted	repurposed
Dresden	Illinois	Chicago exclusion zone	1956	1960	active	meltdown
Farley	Alabama	Neonotia	1970	1977	active	shut down, leaks contained
Fermi	Michigan	Toledo influence	1956	1966	active	meltdown
Fort Calhoun	Nebraska	Lincoln (Omaha exclusion zone)	1966	1973	active	partial meltdown, later contained and quarantined
Fort St. Vrain	Colorado	USA (Colorado)	1968	1979	active	shut down, leaks contained
Ginna	New York	Rochester exclusion zone	1966	1970	active	meltdown
Grand Gulf	Mississippi	Natchez influence	1974	n/a	under construction	abandoned, leaking
Hanford	Washington	Pasco influence (Hanford exclusion zone)	1943	1944	active	destroyed, quarantined, some decontamination
Harris	North Carolina	Raleigh exclusion zone	1978	n/a	under construction, no fuel	abandoned
Hatch	Georgia	Neonotia	1968	1975	active	meltdown, quarantined
Hope Creek	New Jersey	Delmarva	1976	n/a	under construction, no fuel	repurposed
Humboldt Bay	California	Jefferson	1960	1963	shut down	abandoned, leaks partially contained
Indian Point	New York	New York City exclusion zone	1956	1962	active	meltdown
Kewaunee	Wisconsin	Superior	1968	1974	active	shut down, contained
La Crosse	Wisconsin	western Wisconsin (lawless zone)	1967	1969	active	shut down, decay heat meltdown later
LaSalle County	Illinois	northern Illinois (lawless zone)	1979	1982	active	shut down, decay heat meltdown
Limerick	Pennsylvania	Philadelphia exclusion zone	1974	n/a	under construction	abandoned, leaks contained
Maine Yankee	Maine	Brunswick exclusion zone	1968	1972	active	meltdown
McGuire	North Carolina	Charlotte exclusion zone	1971	1981	active	meltdown
Millstone	Connecticut	New London exclusion zone	1966	1971	active	meltdown
Monticello	Minnesota	Twin Cities exclusion zone	1967	1971	active	shut down, decay heat meltdown later
Nine Mile Point / FitzPatrick	New York	Oswego	1965	1975	active	?
North Anna	Virginia	Delmarva influence	1971	1978	active	shut down, major leak contained 2011, quarantined
Oconee	South Carolina	Piedmont	1967	1973	active	shut down, contained, reactivated 2000
Oyster Creek	New Jersey	Atlantic City influence	1964	1969	active	?
Palisades	Michigan	southern Michigan (lawless zone)	1967	1971	active	shut down, leaking
Palo Verde	Arizona	Tonopah exclusion zone	1976	n/a	under construction	destroyed
Parr	South Carolina	central South Carolina (lawless zone)	1960	1963	shut down	abandoned, leaking
Pathfinder	South Dakota	USA (Dakota)	1959	1966	shut down, decontaminated, repurposed	active natural gas plant, reactor removed and contained
Peach Bottom	Pennsylvania	Gettysburg influence	1962	1967	active	shut down, leaking
Perry	Ohio	northeast Ohio exclusion zone	1974	n/a	under construction	abandoned, leaking
Pilgrim	Massachusetts	Plymouth	1968	1972	active	shut down, reactivated 1989, shut down 2015, in decontamination
Piqua	Ohio	southern Ohio (lawless zone)	1956	1963	shut down, decontaminated, repurposed	abandoned
Point Beach	Wisconsin	Superior	1967	1970	active	shut down, contained
Prairie Island	Minnesota	Twin Cities exclusion zone	1968	1973	active	shut down, decay heat meltdown later
Quad Cities	Illinois	Quad Cities	1967	1973	active	shut down, contained
Rancho Seco	California	California Republic influence	1966	1974	active	shut down, decay heat meltdown 1983
River Bend	Louisiana	Natchez influence	1977	n/a	under construction	abandoned, leaking
Robinson	South Carolina	Pee Dee basin (lawless zone)	1967	1971	active	shut down, decay heat meltdown 1989
Salem	New Jersey	Delmarva	1968	1977	active	shut down, decontaminated
San Onofre	California	San Diego exclusion zone	1964	1968	active	meltdown
Saxton	Pennsylvania	State College influence	1960	1961	shut down, in decontamination	abandoned
Seabrook	New Hampshire	Vermont influence (Portsmouth exclusion zone)	1976	n/a	under construction, no fuel	abandoned, collapsed
Sequoyah	Tennessee	East Tennessee	1970	1981	active	shut down, contained
Shippingport	Pennsylvania	North Pennsylvania influence	1954	1957	shut down	leaks partially contained
Shoreham	New York	Outer Lands	1972	2001	under construction	brought online
South Texas	Texas	coastal Texas (lawless zone)	1975	n/a	under construction, no fuel	abandoned
St. Lucie	Florida	Florida influence	1970	1976	active	shut down, decay heat meltdown 1986
Summer	South Carolina	central South Carolina (lawless zone)	1973	n/a	under construction	abandoned, leaking
Surry	Virginia	Hampton Roads exclusion zone	1968	1972	active	meltdown
Susquehanna	Pennsylvania	Susquehanna	1973	1983	active	shut down, partially contained
Three Mile Island	Pennsylvania	Harrisburg-TMI exclusion zone	1968	1974	shut down, in repairs from 1979 partial meltdown	decay heat meltdown
Trojan	Oregon	Astoria influence	1970	1976	active	shut down, leaking
Turkey Point	Florida	Miami exclusion zone	1967	1972	active	shut down, decay heat meltdown 1983
Vallecitos	California	Bay Area exclusion zone	1956	1957	shut down	abandoned, contained
Vermont Yankee	Vermont	Vermont	1967	1972	active	shut down, contained
Vogtle	Georgia	northeastern Georgia (lawless zone)	1976	n/a	under construction, no fuel	abandoned
Waterford	Louisiana	eastern Louisiana (lawless zone)	1974	n/a	under construction	abandoned, collapsed, leaking
Watts Bar	Tennessee	East Tennessee	1973	n/a	under construction, no fuel	repurposed
Wolf Creek	Kansas	Verdigris influence	1977	n/a	under construction	abandoned, leaks contained 2016
Yankee Rowe	Massachusetts	Vermont	1954	1960	active	shut down, contained
Zion	Illinois	North Chicago exclusion zone	1968	1973	active	meltdown

Canada

• Total plants: 7
• IRCA Regional HQ: Bathurst
• Subregional office: Kingston

Name	Jurisdiction (1983)	Jurisdiction (2022)	Construction start	Operational	Status in 1983	Fate
Pickering	Ontario	Toronto exclusion zone	1966	1971	active	meltdown
Darlington	Ontario	Toronto exclusion zone	1981	n/a	under construction, no fuel	abandoned
Bruce	Ontario	Bruce Peninsula (lawless zone)	1970	1977	active	shut down, leaking
Nuclear Power Demonstration	Ontario	northern Ontario (lawless zone)	1958	1962	active	shut down, leaking
Douglas Point	Ontario	Waterloo influence	1960	1968	active	?
Gentilly	Quebec	Montreal exclusion zone	1966	1972	active	meltdown
Point Lepreau	New Brunswick	Canada (New Brunswick Territory)	1975	1983	active	?

Western Europe

• Total plants: 84
• IRCA Regional HQ: Geneva
• Subregional offices: Monaco, Luxembourg, Tortora, Aberystwyth, Salerno, Husum

Name	Jurisdiction (1983)	Jurisdiction (2022)	Construction start	Operational	Status in 1983	Fate
Zwentendorf	Austria	Alpine Conf. (Vienna exclusion zone)	1972	n/a	construction halted, small research reactor only	partial meltdown, contained, decontaminated
Mol	Belgium	Kleine-Brogel exclusion zone	1957	1962	active	meltdown
Doel	Belgium	Antwerp exclusion zone	1969	1975	active	meltdown
Tihange	Belgium	Luxembourg influence	1970	1975	active	shut down, leaks contained 2012
Belleville	France	central France (lawless zone)	1980	n/a	under construction	abandoned
Blayais	France	Bordeaux exclusion zone	1977	1981	active	meltdown
Brennilis	France	Celtic Alliance (Landivisiau exclusion zone)	1962	1965	active	meltdown
Bugey	France	Alpine influence (Lyon exclusion zone)	1964	1972	active	meltdown, partly contained 1999, quarantined
Cattenom	France	Luxembourg	1979	n/a	under construction, no fuel	repurposed
Chinon	France	Poitou	1957	1964	active	shut down, leaking
Chooz	France	Luxembourg influence	1960	1967	active	meltdown, partially contained, quarantined
Cruas	France	Rhône exclusion zone	1978	1983	active	shut down, decay heat meltdown
Dampierre	France	Paris exclusion zone	1974	1980	active	meltdown
Fessenheim	France	Alpine Conf.	1970	1978	active	shut down, major leaks contained, in decontamination
Flamanville	France	Celtic Alliance	1979	n/a	under construction, no fuel	repurposed, storing radioactive waste
Golfech	France	Garonne exclusion zone	`1982	n/a	under construction, no fuel	abandoned
Gravelines	France	Lille influence	1974	1980	active	shut down, leaking
Marcoule	France	Rhône exclusion zone	1952	1956	active	shut down, decay heat meltdown
Nogent	France	Paris exclusion zone	1981	n/a	under construction, no fuel	abandoned
Paluel	France	Seine exclusion zone	1977	n/a	under construction	abandoned, leaks partially contained
Penly	France	Lille	1982	n/a	under construction, no fuel	repurposed
Saint-Alban	France	Rhône exclusion zone	1979	n/a	under construction, no fuel	abandoned
Saint-Laurent	France	Région Centre (lawless zone)	1963	1969	active	shut down, decay heat meltdown
Superphénix	France	Celtic Alliance	1974	n/a	construction completed	shut down, decontaminated
Tricastin	France	Massif Central (lawless zone)	1974	1980	active	shut down, decay heat meltdown
Caorso	Italy	Cispadane Republic	1970	1981	active	shut down, partially contained
Fermi	Italy	Alpine Conf.	1961	1965	active	partial meltdown, abandoned, shut down 1997
Garigliano	Italy	Sicily	1959	1964	shut down	brought online 2019
Latina	Italy	Sicily	1958	1964	active	shut down, leaks contained 1989
Montalto	Italy	Sicily	1982	n/a	under construction, no fuel	repourpsed
Borssele	Netherlands	Scheldt exclusion zone	1969	1973	active	meltdown
Dodewaard	Netherlands	Soesterberg exclusion zone	1965	1969	active	meltdown
Almaraz	Spain	Extremadura	1973	1981	active	shut down, contained
Ascó	Spain	Aragon	1974	n/a	under construction	contained
Cabrera	Spain	Madrid exclusion zone	1964	1969	active	meltdown
Confrentes	Spain	Valencia exclusion zone	1975	n/a	under construction	abandoned, leaking
Garoña	Spain	exclusion zone between Euskadi, Iberia, León	1966	1971	active	shut down, leaking, quarantined
Lemóniz	Spain	Bilbao exclusion zone	1972	n/a	construction halted, no fuel	damaged, abandoned
Trillo	Spain	Madrid exclusion zone	1979	n/a	under construction, no fuel	abandoned
Valdecaballeros	Spain	Extremadura	1975	n/a	construction halted	abandoned, occupied by bandits
Vandellòs	Spain	Catalonia (lawless zone)	1967	1972	active	abandoned, leaking
Beznau	Switzerland	Alpine Conf.	1965	1969	active	shut down, partial decay heat meltdown, contained, quarantined
Gösgen	Switzerland	Alpine Conf.	1973	1979	active	shut down, leaks contained, quarantined
Leibstadt	Switzerland	Alpine Conf.	1972	n/a	under construction	construction halted, quarantined, in decontamination
Lucens	Switzerland	Alpine Conf.	1962	1966	shut down, in decontamination	decontaminated
Mühleberg	Switzerland	Alpine Conf.	1967	1972	active	survived, shut down 1988, decontaminated
Berkeley	United Kingdom	Celtic Alliance (Bristol exclusion zone)	1956	1962	active	meltdown
Bradwell	United Kingdom	Essex (Dengie exclusion zone)	1957	1962	active	meltdown
Calder Hall	United Kingdom	Northumbria (Sellafield exclusion zone)	1953	1956	active	meltdown
Chapelcross	United Kingdom	Celtic Alliance	1955	1959	active	shut down, decay heat meltdown 1984, partly contained 2012
Dounreay	United Kingdom	Celtic Alliance	1955	1959	active	shut down, contained, decontaminated 2017
Dungeness	United Kingdom	Southern England	1960	1965	active	shut down, contained
Hartlepool	United Kingdom	Cleveland	1969	1983	active	survived, shut down 2002
Heysham	United Kingdom	Lancaster	1970	1983	active	shut down, contained, in decontamination
Hinkley Point	United Kingdom	Celtic Alliance	1957	1965	active	shut down, leaks contained, in decontamination
Hunterston	United Kingdom	Celtic Alliance	1957	1964	active	shut down, decay heat meltdown 1983
Oldbury	United Kingdom	Celtic Alliance (Bristol exclusion zone)	1962	1967	active	meltdown
Sizewell	United Kingdom	Woodbridge	1961	1966	active	meltdown
Torness	United Kingdom	Scotland	1980	n/a	under construction, no fuel	abandoned
Trawsfynydd	United Kingdom	Celtic Alliance	1959	1965	active	shut down, decay heat meltdown 1984, contained, in decontamination
Winfrith	United Kingdom	exclusion zone between Celtic Alliance and Southern England	1957	1959	active	shut down, decay heat meltdown 1983, quarantined
Wylfa	United Kingdom	Celtic Alliance	1963	1971	active	shut down, contained, decontaminated 2019
Biblis	West Germany	Mannheim exclusion zone	1969	1974	active	meltdown
Brokdorf	West Germany	North Germany	1975	n/a	under construction	contained, in decontamination
Brunsbüttel	West Germany	North Germany	1969	1976	active	shut down, partially decontaminated and contained 1983
Emsland	West Germany	North Germany influence	1982	n/a	under construction, no fuel	abandoned
Grafenrheinfeld	West Germany	Würzburg exclusion zone	1975	1981	active	meltdown
Grohnde	West Germany	Northeim	1975	n/a	under construction	shut down, major leaks 1988 contained 2014
Gundremmingen	West Germany	exclusion zone between Bavaria and Swabia-Württemberg	1962	1967	active	shut down, decay heat meltdown, quarantined
Isar-Niederaichbach	West Germany	Bavaria	1966	1973	active	shut down, contained
Jülich	West Germany	Rhineland influence	1961	1969	active	?
Kahl-Großwelzheim	West Germany	Waldeck-Hesse influence	1958	1960	active	shut down, decay heat meltdown, partially contained and quarantined
Kalkar	West Germany	Niederrhein exclusion zone	1973	n/a	under construction, no fuel	abandoned, in ruins
Karlsruhe	West Germany	Rhineland	1961	1965	active	shut down, contained
Krümmel	West Germany	North Germany (Hamburg exclusion zone)	1972	1983	active	meltdown
Lingen	West Germany	North Germany influence	1964	1968	shut down	abandoned, leaking
Mülheim-Kärlich	West Germany	Koblenz exclusion zone	1975	n/a	under construction	destroyed, radioactive
Neckarwestheim	West Germany	Heilbronn exclusion zone	1972	1976	active	meltdown
Obrigheim	West Germany	northern Baden-Württemberg (lawless zone)	1965	1969	active	shut down, decay heat meltdown later
Philippsburg	West Germany	Mannheim exclusion zone	1970	1980	active	meltdown
Stade	West Germany	North Germany (Hamburg exclusion zone)	1967	1972	active	meltdown
THTR-300	West Germany	Ruhr exclusion zone	1971	n/a	construction complete, in trials	meltdown
Unterweser	West Germany	North Germany (Bremerhaven exclusion zone)	1972	1978	active	meltdown
Würgassen	West Germany	Waldeck-Hesse?	1968	1971	active	?

Nordic Countries

• Total plants: 8
• IRCA Regional HQ: Stockholm
• Subregional office: Helsinki

Name	Jurisdiction (1983)	Jurisdiction (2022)	Construction start	Operational	Status in 1983	Fate
Loviisa	Finland	Finland	1971	1977	active	partial meltdown, contained, in decontamination
Olkiluoto	Finland	Finland	1973	1979	active	shut down, reactivated 1991
Ågesta	Sweden	Sweden	1957	1964	shut down, decontaminated, repurposed	repurposed
Barsebäck	Sweden	Sweden (Copenhagen-Malmö exclusion zone)	1969	1975	active	meltdown, contained, quarantined
Forsmark	Sweden	Sweden	1973	1980	active	shut down, reactivated 1984
Marviken (R4)	Sweden	Sweden	1959	n/a	construction halted, repurposed	repurposed
Oskarshamn	Sweden	Sweden	1965	1972	active	shut down, reactivated 1986
Ringhals	Sweden	Sweden	1969	1975	active	partial meltdown, contained, in decontamination

Eastern Europe

• Total plants: 11
• IRCA Regional HQ: Ljubljana
• Subregional office: Berlin

Name	Jurisdiction (1983)	Jurisdiction (2022)	Construction start	Operational	Status in 1983
Kozloduy	Bulgaria	Rhodope influence	1970	1974	active	shut down, contained
Bohunice	Czechoslovakia	Western Slovakia exclusion zone	1958	1972	active	meltdown
Dukovany	Czechoslovakia	southern Moravia (lawless zone)	1974	n/a	under construction	abandoned, leaking
Mochovce	Czechoslovakia	Nitra	1982	n/a	under construction, no fuel	repurposed
Greifswald	East Germany	Prussia (Peenemünde exclusion zone)	1967	1974	active	meltdown
Rheinsberg	East Germany	Prussia (Furstenberg/Havel exclusion zone)	1960	1966	active	meltdown
Stendal	East Germany	Prussia	1982	n/a	under construction, no fuel	abandoned
Paks	Hungary	central Hungary (lawless zone)	1967	1982	active	shut down, decay heat meltdown later
Żarnowiec	Poland	Prussia	1982	n/a	under construction, no fuel	repurposed
Cernavodă	Romania	Transylvania influence	1982	n/a	under construction, no fuel	abandoned
Krško	Yugoslavia	Slovenia	1975	1983	active	survived, shut down 1990, in decontamination

Soviet Union

• Total plants: 28
• IRCA Regional HQ: Krasnoyarsk
• Subregional offices: Bilibino, Kursk, Kuznetsovsk, Telšiai

Name	Jurisdiction (1983)	Jurisdiction (2022)	Construction start	Operational	Status in 1983	Fate
Armenian	Armenian SSR	Armenia (Metsamor exclusion zone)	1969	1977	active	destroyed, meltdown
Minsk	Byelorussian SSR	Belarus influence (Minsk exclusion zone)	1983	n/a	construction halted, no fuel	abandoned
Shevchenko	Kazakh SSR	Mangyshlak Peninsula (lawless zone)	1964	1973	active	shut down, leaking
Ignalina	Lithuanian SSR	Daugavpils exclusion zone	1974	n/a	under construction	abandoned, leaking
Balakovo	Russian SFSR	Russian Confederacy	1980	n/a	under construction, no fuel	abandoned
Bashkir	Russian SFSR (Bashkir ASSR)	Bashkiria (lawless zone)	1983	n/a	under construction, no fuel	abandoned
Beloyarsk	Russian SFSR	Yekaterinburg exclusion zone	1958	1964	active	meltdown
Bilibino	Russian SFSR	Socialist Siberia	1966	1974	active	shut down, brought online 1994
Gorky	Russian SFSR	Nizhny Novgorod exclusion zone	1982	n/a	under construction, no fuel	destroyed
Kalinin	Russian SFSR	Novgorod influence	1974	n/a	under construction	shut down, leaking
Kola	Russian SFSR	Socialist Siberia	1970	1973	active	shut down, damaged in fighting, decay heat meltdown
Kostroma	Russian SFSR	Kostroma Oblast (lawless zone)	1980	n/a	under construction, no fuel	abandoned
Kursk	Russian SFSR	Russian Confederacy	1972	1977	active	shut down, leaks contained
Leningrad	Russian SFSR	Leningrad exclusion zone	1970	194\74	active	meltdown
Novovoronezh	Russian SFSR	Russian Confederacy	1957	1964	active	?
Obninsk	Russian SFSR	Moscow exclusion zone	1951	1954	active	meltdown
Rostov	Russian SFSR	Don	1979	n/a	under construction, no fuel	repurposed
South Ural	Russian SFSR	Chelyabinsk Oblast (lawless zone)	1982	n/a	under construction, no fuel	abandoned
Smolensk	Russian SFSR	Russian Confederacy influence	1975	1982	construction complete, in trials	shut down, leaking
Tatar	Russian SFSR (Tatar ASSR)	eastern Tatarstan (lawless zone)	1980	n/a	under construction, no fuel	abandoned
Voronezh	Russian SFSR	Russian Confederacy (Voronezh exclusion zone)	1983	n/a	under construction, no fuel	destroyed
Chernobyl	Ukrainian SSR	Polesia (Chernobyl exclusion zone)	1970	1978	active	partial meltdown, contained 1983, quarantined
Chyhyryn	Ukrainian SSR	Podolia influence (Dnieper exclusion zone)	1981	n/a	under construction, no fuel	abandoned
Khmelnytskyi	Ukrainian SSR	Volhynia influence	1981	n/a	under construction, no fuel	abandoned
Odessa	Ukrainian SSR	Odessa exclusion zone	1980	n/a	under construction, no fuel	abandoned
Rivne	Ukrainian SSR	Volhynia	1973	1980	active	shut down, contained
South Ukraine	Ukrainian SSR	Mykolaiv Oblast (lawless zone)	1977	n/a	construction complete, in trials	shut down, leaking
Zaporizhzhia	Ukrainian SSR	Zaporizhzhia oblast (lawless zone)	1981	n/a	under construction, no fuel	abandoned

East Asia

• Total plants: 22
• IRCA Regional HQ: Kyoto
• Subregional offices: Kaesong, Hengchun

Name	Jurisdiction (1983)	Jurisdiction (2022)	Construction start	Operational	Status in 1983	Fate
Qinshan	China	northern Zhejiang (lawless zone)	1983	n/a	under construction, no fuel	abandoned
Fukushima Daiichi	Japan	Japan	1967	1971	active	shut down, contained, in decontamination
Fukushima Daini	Japan	Japan	1976	1982	active	shut down, contained, in decontamination
Genkai	Japan	Japan	1971	1975	active	shut down, decay heat meltdown, partially contained
Hamaoka	Japan	Japan	1971	1976	active	shut down, contained, in decontamination
Ikata	Japan	Japan	1973	1977	active	shut down, decay heat meltdown, contained, quarantined
Kashiwazaki-Kariwa	Japan	Japan	1980	n/a	under construction, no fuel	construction halted
Mihama	Japan	Japan	1967	1970	active	shut down, contained
Oi	Japan	Japan	1972	1979	active	shut down, contained, reactivated briefly 2014
Onagawa	Japan	Japan	1980	n/a	under construction, no fuel	construction halted
Shimane	Japan	Japan	1970	1974	active	shut down, contained
Takahama	Japan	Japan	1970	1974	active	shut down, contained
Tokai	Japan	Japan (Tokyo exclusion zone)	1961	1966	active	shut down, contained, quarantined
Tsuruga-Fugen	Japan	Japan	1966	1970	active	shut down, major leaks partially contained, quarantined
Nyongbyon	North Korea	Korea	1979	n/a	under construction (research reactor active)	leaks contained, in decontamination
Bataan	Philippines	Philippines	1976	n/a	construction halted	dismantled
Kori	South Korea	Korea	1972	1978	active	meltdown, quarantined
Wolsong	South Korea	Korea	1977	1983	active	shut down, contained
Yeonggwang	South Korea	Korea	1981	n/a	under construction	shut down, leaks contained, in decontamination
Jinshan	Taiwan	Taiwan (Taipei exclusion zone)	1972	1978	active	meltdown
Kuosheng	Taiwan	Taiwan (Taipei exclusion zone)	1975	1981	active	meltdown
Maanshan	Taiwan	Taiwan	1978	n/a	under construction	shut down, brought online 1992, shut down again 1994, contained

West and South Asia

• Total plants: 5
• IRCA Regional HQ: Bombay
• Subregional office: Madras

Name	Jurisdiction (1983)	Jurisdiction (2022)	Construction start	Operational	Status in 1983	Fate
Madras	India	Tamil Nadu	1970	1984	construction completed	shut down 1987, reactivated 1999
Narora	India	Union of India	1976	n/a	under construction, no fuel	repurposed
Rajasthan	India	Union of India	1963	1973	active	survived
Tarapur	India	Union of India	1961	1969	active	survived, decommissioned 2009
Bushehr	Iran	Iran	1975	n/a	construction halted, no fuel	destroyed 1986 in war with Iraq

Africa

• Total plants: 1
• IRCA Regional HQ: Cape Town

Name	Jurisdiction (1983)	Jurisdiction (2022)	Construction start	Operational	Status in 1983	Fate
Koeberg	South Africa	Good Hope	1976	n/a	under construction, in repairs from 1983 bomb attack	leaks contained, in decontamination