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The 10 Countries That Rely Most on Nuclear Power |
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The IAEA's latest count is out. France draws more than two-thirds of its electricity from nuclear reactors, the most of any country. Three nations run on majority nuclear power. Germany, right across the border, runs on none. It switched off its last reactor in 2023. |
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Source: IAEA Power Reactor Information System (PRIS), nuclear share of national electricity generation, 2025. Germany closed its last reactor in April 2023. |
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U.S. Code Title 31 gives the President authority to revalue gold reserves by executive order. No vote required.
If you hold retirement savings in dollar-denominated accounts, what I'm about to show you could be the most important thing you read this year.
Most people don't know that U.S. Code Title 31, Section 5117 gives the President legal authority to revalue America's gold reserves by executive order alone. No congressional vote. No public debate. One signature.
FDR used this exact authority in 1934 — resetting gold from $20.67 to $35 overnight. No warning. Billions in wealth transferred before most Americans knew what happened. The investors already in gold protected everything. Everyone else watched.
Here's what's sitting on the books right now: the U.S. holds 8,133 metric tons of gold valued at $42.22 per ounce — a price set in 1973. At today's market price, that's a $1.59 trillion gap between the government's ledger and reality.
Think about that. Every retirement account in America is priced against a dollar that pretends gold is worth $42. When that fiction breaks, the adjustment won't be gradual.
Trump has publicly questioned why America doesn't "use" its gold. No executive order has been signed. But the legal authority is in place — and the conditions justifying it are mounting.
Here's what it means for your retirement:
Your IRA: Accounts already holding physical gold would sit on the right side of the largest government accounting correction in history
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The window: FDR gave zero warning — investors who weren't positioned missed the entire move
It's called The Great Gold Reset — the kind of intelligence financial newsletters charge $97 to $297 for. Right now it's yours free.
P.S. If Title 31 is activated, the repositioning window closes before the announcement.
| What's Surprising |
The list is almost all small countries. Slovakia sits at #2, drawing 64% of its power from nuclear after bringing its long-delayed Mochovce reactors online. Not one of the world's large economies comes near the top.
Ukraine is #3, at 52%. It is the strangest entry. A country at war, its largest plant — Zaporizhzhia, the biggest in Europe — seized and shut down since 2022, still runs on the reactors it controls. When shells took out the coal plants and dams, the reactors kept the lights on.
The countries famous for nuclear are not the ones that lean on it. The United States runs 94 reactors, more than anyone. They supply 18% of its power.
| What's Not Surprising |
France at #1 surprises no one. It went all-in on nuclear after the 1973 oil shock and never looked back. Fifty-seven reactors now cover a country of 68 million.
The big producers sit low because their grids are vast. America makes more nuclear electricity than any nation — about 30% of the world's — and it is still a sliver of a huge system. China, building 37 reactors, is at 5% for the same reason.
And the exits held. Germany is at zero. Nuclear supplies 9% of the world's electricity, down from a peak near 17% in the 1990s. Only 31 countries run a reactor at all.
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68% The share of France's electricity that comes from nuclear — the most of any country. It runs 57 reactors. |
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0% Germany's nuclear share. Europe's biggest economy switched off its last three reactors in April 2023. |
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94 US reactors, more than any country on Earth. They supply just 18% of its power. France runs 57 and gets 68%. |
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37 of 79 Reactors under construction worldwide that sit in China — nearly half. Yet nuclear is only 5% of Chinese power. |
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9% Nuclear's share of all the world's electricity. Only 31 countries run a reactor at all. |
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Two things. Slovakia and France are still adding reactors, and the 37 China is building will start reshaping the bottom of this list within a few years. And watch Germany. It is the one large economy sitting at zero, and high power prices keep the question of a return alive. The IAEA refreshes these shares each summer. We'll be watching. |
