Who's building nukes?

If you zoom out over the last decade, nuclear new-builds cluster in a few hot spots: China, Russia, India, Korea, UAE. Here’s a timeline of the biggest ones:

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2014–2015

Fuqing 3 & 4 (China) – CPR-1000 units.

Shin Kori 3 (South Korea) – first APR-1400.

2016–2017

Novovoronezh II-1 (Russia) – first VVER-1200 Gen III+.

Tianwan 3 & 4 (China) – VVER-1000 units.

Shin Kori 4 (Korea) – APR-1400.

2018–2019

Barakah 1 (UAE) – first Arab world nuclear plant.

Novovoronezh II-2 (Russia).

Tianwan 5 & 6 (China).

Rostov 4 (Russia).

2020–2021

Olkiluoto 3 (Finland) – EPR, Europe’s first new reactor in decades (finally online in 2021/2022 after years of delay).

Kudankulam 3 (India) – VVER-1000.

Barakah 2 (UAE) – 2021.

2022–2023

Barakah 3 (UAE) – 2022.

Xudapu 6 (China) and other new Chinese builds.

Ruppur 1 (Bangladesh) under construction; still not online yet.

2024–2025

Barakah 4 (UAE) – Sept 2024.

Zhangzhou 1 (China) – Jan 2025.

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Patterns

China dominates: 20+ reactors brought online in 10 years, usually CPR-1000, Hualong One, or VVER imports.

Russia: steady buildout of VVER-1200 units, plus exports (Turkey’s Akkuyu, Bangladesh’s Ruppur).

Middle East breakthrough: UAE’s Barakah plant = 4 units from 2020–2024.

Western world: only Olkiluoto 3 (Finland, 2022) and Vogtle 3 & 4 (USA, 2023/2024) — the first new U.S. reactors in 30+ years.

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👉 Do you want me to lay this out in a clean table with country, plant name, reactor type, and year (2014–2025)? It’d be easy to scan.