what continent produces the largest percentage of their energy from nuclear power and on what continents are there nuclear power plants
2007-03-14 05:49:18 · 3 answers · asked by Orlando J 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
France has the highest persentage of their power from nuclear. So I would guess Europe
2007-03-14 05:57:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Asia is the largest continent and considering the number of people and the number of countries producing nuclear power would be difficult becasue the Chinese do not give out statistics. Remember that India, a nuclear power and China have the largest populations on earth. China officially has 11 nuclear power plants and 3 more coming on line this year - along with India's and the large output of the power plants in China - Asia has the largest percentage. Don't forget Japan also produces a large percentage of Asia's power by nuclear fission also. This is an educated guess from a nuclear scienctist living in Dalian, China. You would need to know the actual energy usage from all of Asia to calculate this but France's total percentage is less than 40% and Europe has many countires and a large population that consumes large amounts of energy - unlike the amount consumed ( by population percentage ) in Asia.?
2007-03-14 14:08:36 · answer #2 · answered by rasdchina 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Country No. of Units Total MW(e)
ARGENTINA 2 935
ARMENIA 1 376
BELGIUM 7 5801
BRAZIL 2 1901
BULGARIA 2 1906
CANADA 18 12584
CHINA 10 7572
CZECH REPUBLIC 6 3523
FINLAND 4 2696
FRANCE 59 63363
GERMANY 17 20339
HUNGARY 4 1755
INDIA 16 3530
JAPAN 55 47587
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 20 16810
LITHUANIA, REPUBLIC OF 1 1185
MEXICO 2 1360
NETHERLANDS 1 482
PAKISTAN 2 425
ROMANIA 1 651
RUSSIAN FEDERATION 31 21743
SLOVAK REPUBLIC 5 2034
SLOVENIA 1 666
SOUTH AFRICA 2 1800
SPAIN 8 7450
SWEDEN 10 9051
SWITZERLAND 5 3220
UKRAINE 15 13107
UNITED KINGDOM 19 10982
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 103 98446
Total: 435 368201
2007-03-14 15:04:42 · answer #3 · answered by kim_dude2 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋