IAEA PRIS Nuclear Reactor Scraper

Extract every nuclear reactor in the IAEA Power Reactor Information System (PRIS) — operating, under construction, long-term shutdown, and permanently decommissioned. Covers approximately 700 reactors across 40 countries.

What You Get

Each record includes:

• Identification — reactor name, country, country code (ISO-2), reactor type (PWR, BWR, PHWR, AGR, RBMK, FBR, HTGR), reactor model (e.g. AP1000, VVER-1200, EPR)
• Ownership — operator and owner/licensee organization names
• Status — current lifecycle status (Operational, Under Construction, Long Term Shutdown, Permanent Shutdown)
• Key dates — construction start, first grid connection, commercial operation start, permanent shutdown (if applicable)
• Capacity — reference net electrical capacity (MWe), design net capacity (MWe), thermal power (MWt)
• Performance — lifetime load factor (%), latest annual load factor (%), lifetime electricity supplied (GWh), latest annual electricity supplied (GWh)
• Age — operational age in years (from commercial operation to shutdown or present)
• Source URL — canonical PRIS reactor detail page

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
reactorStatus	string	all	Filter by lifecycle status: all, operating, under_construction, long_term_shutdown, permanent_shutdown
countryCode	string	(blank)	Optional ISO-2 country code to filter by country (e.g. US, FR, JP, CN)
maxItems	integer	15	Maximum records to return. Set to 0 for no limit (returns all matching reactors).

Example Output

{
  "reactor_name": "VOGTLE-4",
  "country": "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA",
  "country_code": "US",
  "operator": "SOUTHERN NUCLEAR OPERATING CO.",
  "owner": "GEORGIA POWER CO.",
  "reactor_type": "PWR",
  "reactor_model": "AP1000",
  "status": "Operational",
  "construction_start_date": "2013-11-19",
  "first_grid_connection_date": "2024-03-01",
  "commercial_operation_date": "2024-04-29",
  "permanent_shutdown_date": "",
  "reference_unit_power_mwe": 1117,
  "design_net_capacity_mwe": 1117,
  "thermal_power_mwt": 3411,
  "load_factor_lifetime_pct": 79.1,
  "load_factor_annual_pct": 79.1,
  "electricity_supplied_gwh_lifetime": 6890,
  "electricity_supplied_gwh_annual": 6890,
  "operational_age_years": 1.0,
  "reactor_supplier": "",
  "construction_supplier": "",
  "source_url": "https://pris.iaea.org/PRIS/CountryStatistics/ReactorDetails.aspx?current=860"
}

Use Cases

• Uranium equity research — track operational capacity, under-construction pipeline, and decommissioning timelines across the global fleet
• Energy policy analysis — benchmark load factors, capacity trends, and country-level nuclear generation
• ESG / climate data — map carbon-free baseload capacity and retirements by country
• Academic research — full lifecycle database for nuclear energy studies

Notes

• Coverage — PRIS assigns sequential numeric IDs to reactors. This actor enumerates IDs 1 through 1130 and skips gaps (403 = non-existent ID, 500 = out-of-range). Hit rate is approximately 64% (~721 valid reactors out of 1130 IDs).
• Reactor supplier / construction supplier — PRIS does not expose these fields on the public reactor detail pages. Both fields are returned as empty strings.
• Annual data — the latest annual row from the reactor's Operating History table is used for annual electricity and load factor. Reactors with no operating history (newly connected) may have null values for these fields.
• Country coverage — all IAEA member states with nuclear power programs are included. The countryCode filter uses the ISO-2 codes shown in PRIS navigation links.