World Cumulative Spent Fuel Projections by Region and Country Reference Case, 2000-2020 (Thousand Metric Tons of Heavy Metal)
Country	1998	2000	2005	2010	2015	2020
Canada	25.72	27.86	33.86	42.15	50.69	59.40
Mexico	0.16	0.22	0.36	0.48	0.60	0.71
United States	38.38	42.71	53.22	63.86	74.34	82.71
North America	64.26	70.79	87.45	106.49	125.63	142.83
Belgium	2.07	2.31	2.91	3.40	3.91	4.56
Finland	1.28	1.42	1.77	2.07	2.42	2.78
France	28.40	30.48	36.05	41.13	45.82	50.90
Germany	8.80	9.66	11.87	13.99	15.77	17.51
Netherlands	0.35	0.38	0.42	0.46	0.46	0.46
Spain	4.09	4.37	5.20	5.92	6.63	7.24
Sweden	3.67	4.13	5.00	5.82	6.60	7.19
Switzerland	1.43	1.58	1.95	2.33	2.68	2.97
United Kingdom	38.76	41.43	47.50	52.13	55.60	58.39
Western Europe	88.85	95.75	112.68	127.25	139.89	151.99
China	0.22	0.38	0.73	1.89	3.78	6.34
India	2.08	2.75	5.05	7.64	11.30	15.15
Japan	15.29	17.45	23.00	29.42	36.16	43.74
North Korea	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.15	0.30
Pakistan	0.17	0.24	0.46	0.68	0.90	1.18
South Korea	3.72	4.78	8.04	12.49	17.60	22.17
Taiwan	1.99	2.19	2.78	3.76	5.02	6.18
Asia	23.45	27.78	40.07	55.90	74.90	95.07
Armenia	0.36	0.36	0.39	0.39	0.39	0.39
Lithuania	1.69	1.77	2.12	2.12	2.45	2.61
Russia	16.48	17.86	21.25	25.09	28.80	31.77
Ukraine	5.18	6.28	7.37	8.55	9.80	11.13
Former Soviet Union	23.72	26.28	31.14	36.15	41.44	45.91
Bulgaria	1.26	1.47	1.95	2.30	2.54	2.79
Czech Republic	0.56	0.67	1.12	1.70	2.27	2.88
Hungary	0.68	0.82	1.11	1.44	1.77	2.07
Romania	0.17	0.44	1.15	1.77	2.92	4.17
Slovak Republic	0.78	0.89	1.25	1.63	1.88	2.15
Slovenia	0.21	0.23	0.29	0.35	0.40	0.45
Eastern Europe	3.65	4.52	6.88	9.20	11.80	14.50
Argentina	2.27	2.48	2.96	3.51	3.95	4.32
Brazil	0.16	0.16	0.24	0.34	0.50	0.73
Central and South America	2.43	2.64	3.20	3.85	4.45	5.06
Iran	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.09	0.23	0.41
Middle East	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.09	0.23	0.41
South Africa	0.44	0.54	0.71	0.90	1.10	1.33
Africa	0.44	0.54	0.71	0.90	1.10	1.33
World Total	206.80	228.30	282.12	339.83	399.45	457.09
Source: Energy Information Administration, Office of Coal, Nuclear, Electric and Alternate Fuels, International Nuclear Model, PC Version- May, 2001.