Thursday, July 26, 2012

Report: Fukushima a "Speed Bump" on the Road to Massive Nuclear Power Expansion

The UN's Nuclear Energy Agency and the International Atomic Energy Agency report that nuclear power will expand between 44 and 99 percent by 2035, with known supply ample for a century.

Report: Fukushima a "Speed Bump" on the Road to Massive Nuclear Power Expansion - IEEE Spectrum:
"The report, known informally as the Red Book, predicts nuclear will expand between 125 and 185 percent in East Asia, with heavy construction in China, South Korea, India, and Russia. (Notably though, the low end of that prediction does not include the possibility that Japan will fully disavow the use of nuclear in Fukushima's wake.)
It seems striking that a disaster that captured the world's full attention might have so little lingering effect. Gary Dyck, the head of nuclear fuel cycle and materials at IAEA, told Reuters that "we see [Fukushima] as a speed bump. "
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