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Thursday, September 6, 2012

AEA: Nuclear Expansion to Continue Despite Fukushima

AEA: Nuclear Expansion to Continue Despite Fukushima

The following news article originally appeared in NEI’s Nuclear Energy Overview.
The use of nuclear energy will continue to increase globally, even though last year’s accident in Japan has curbed expansion, the International Atomic Energy Agency says.
“The Fukushima Daiichi accident resulted in a slowing of the expansion of nuclear power but did not reverse it,” the IAEA’s annual report for 2011 says. “Nuclear power remains an important option for countries, and interest in nuclear power remains high.”

Most countries that were planning to begin nuclear power programs before the accident intend to continue, the report says.
“Of the countries without nuclear power that, before the Fukushima Daiichi accident, had strongly indicated their intention to proceed with a nuclear power program, a few cancelled or revised their plans while others took a ‘wait and see’ approach,” the report adds, “but most continued their programs to introduce nuclear power.”http://safetyfirst.nei.org/industry-actions/iaea-nuclear-expansion-to-continue-despite-fukushima/

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