IAEA PRIS Nuclear Reactor Scraper — Global Reactor Registry

Extract every nuclear reactor in the IAEA Power Reactor Information System (PRIS) — the authoritative global registry of all nuclear power reactors, operating, under construction, in long-term shutdown, and permanently decommissioned. Covers approximately 720 reactors across 40 countries.

What does the IAEA PRIS Nuclear Reactor Scraper do?

PRIS (Power Reactor Information System) is the IAEA's public database of nuclear power unit data. This actor queries each reactor's detail page and returns a structured record with capacity, operator, reactor type and model, key lifecycle dates, and current performance data. Filters are available for reactor status and country.

Coverage spans all reactors currently listed in PRIS — including every US, French, Chinese, and Japanese unit, plus historical reactors that have been permanently shut down. No login or API key is required.

What data does it extract?

Each reactor record contains:

Field	Description
reactor_name	Reactor unit name (e.g. VOGTLE-4)
country	Country name from IAEA PRIS
country_code	ISO-2 country code (e.g. US, FR, JP)
operator	Operating organization name
owner	Owner/licensee organization name
reactor_type	Type code: PWR, BWR, PHWR, AGR, RBMK, FBR, HTGR
reactor_model	Specific model (e.g. AP1000, VVER-1200, EPR)
status	Lifecycle status: Operational, Under Construction, Long Term Shutdown, Permanent Shutdown
construction_start_date	Construction start date (ISO 8601)
first_grid_connection_date	Date of first electricity grid connection
commercial_operation_date	Commercial operation start date
permanent_shutdown_date	Shutdown date (empty if still operating)
reference_unit_power_mwe	Reference net electrical capacity in MWe
design_net_capacity_mwe	Design net capacity in MWe
thermal_power_mwt	Thermal capacity in MWt
load_factor_lifetime_pct	Lifetime load factor as a percentage
load_factor_annual_pct	Latest annual load factor as a percentage
electricity_supplied_gwh_lifetime	Total lifetime electricity generated in GWh
electricity_supplied_gwh_annual	Latest annual generation in GWh
operational_age_years	Years since commercial operation date
reactor_supplier	Not available from PRIS public pages — returns empty
construction_supplier	Not available from PRIS public pages — returns empty
source_url	Canonical PRIS reactor detail page URL

How to use it

All input fields are optional. Running with defaults returns the first 15 reactors across all statuses globally.

{
  "reactorStatus": "operating",
  "countryCode": "US",
  "maxItems": 0
}

This returns all currently operating US reactors (approximately 93 units as of 2025).

{
  "reactorStatus": "under_construction",
  "countryCode": "",
  "maxItems": 0
}

This returns all reactors globally that are currently under construction.

Field	Type	Default	Description
reactorStatus	string	all	Filter: all, operating, under_construction, long_term_shutdown, permanent_shutdown
countryCode	string	(blank)	Optional ISO-2 code (US, FR, JP, CN). Leave blank for global
maxItems	integer	15	Max records to return. Set to 0 for all matching reactors

Use cases

• Uranium equity research — track operating capacity, construction pipeline, and decommissioning timelines by country and reactor type
• Energy policy analysis — benchmark national load factors, model capacity additions from units under construction, assess retirement timelines
• ESG and climate data — map carbon-free baseload capacity by country; track net nuclear additions and retirements
• Academic research — build lifecycle datasets for nuclear energy studies covering reactors from the 1950s onward
• Grid and market modelling — feed MWe capacity and load factor data into power market or capacity factor models

FAQ

How many reactors does this cover?

PRIS lists approximately 720 reactors that have historical or current operational records. The actor covers all of them — there is no need to know specific reactor IDs or names to get full coverage.

Are annual load factors always populated?

Reactors with no operating history (newly grid-connected units) may have null values for load_factor_annual_pct and electricity_supplied_gwh_annual. All other reactors return the latest annual row from their PRIS operating history table.

Does this need proxies or an API key?

No. The IAEA PRIS portal is publicly accessible without authentication or rate-limiting at normal volumes. The actor runs without proxy.

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Results can be exported as JSON, CSV, or Excel from the Apify dataset view.