Nuclear horizon

The atomic horizon. It seems that beyond all the fear, smear, and leftist jeers nuclear power is being touted as a viable solution to rising Co2 emissions throughout the world as leaders decide to expand their national generating capacity. A couple of notables are;

China is pursuing nuclear power more enthusiastically and on a bigger scale than anyone else. As the data here shows, it has 14 reactors under construction and 115 either planned or proposed to help it cope with rising energy demands.

Sweden has reversed a nearly 30 year-old ban on nuclear reactor construction and is planning to build 10 more stations to replace older models.

South Africa is planning a major expansion in nuclear.

Great Britain has just announced plans to build 10 new nuclear stations

nuclear power around the world

The nuclear industry has been plagued by fear, uncertainty, mismanaged operations, meltdowns, cost-overruns, construction shortfalls, building delays and a continuous barrage of anti-nuke protest and propaganda brought on by the likes of greenpeace, WWF and other well organized environmental groups. Nuclear still has a ways to go before it becomes the dominant source of base-load power and if the latest Areva projects say anything, the industry isn’t doing the best to show itself as the safe, reliable and affordable energy source that it wants to be.

Four new reactors are under way in Europe at the moment: two Russian-designed reactors in Slovakia, plus Finland’s Olkiluoto 3 and France’s Flamanville 3, which both rely on the French state-owned Areva’s involvement and expertise. The Finnish site has been beset by delays, rising costs and criticisms over safety and still has no definite opening date, while the cost of Flamanville 3 has risen from €3.3bn to €4bn.

Ouch.

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