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Thursday, October 10, 2013

Worldwide nuclear stagnates

Worldwide nuclear stagnates

October 10, 2013 | By

 Expansion of nuclear power generating capacity has slowed considerably -- just 75 GW were added in the last 25 years, compared to 296 GW during the preceding quarter century, according to Worldwatch Institute. Today, nuclear power is the only mainstream energy technology that does not show significant growth with its share of global primary energy supply falling from 6.4 percent in 2002 to just 4.5 percent in 2012.

http://www.fierceenergy.com/story/worldwide-nuclear-stagnates/2013-10-10?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal
Posted by Michele Kearney at 12:49 PM

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