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Transport-erector launcher, Dongfeng-31
Fifth, the future of Japanese nuclear power is still ambiguous. By the end of 2010, the country had 50 active reactors producing 30 per cent of all domestically consumed electricity
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. A promising area of Japan’s nuclear power industry is the development of fast-neutron reactors (fast-breeder reactors), which are able to quickly regenerate spent nuclear fuel. In the aftermath of the Fukushima disaster on September 14, 2012, the Yoshihiko Noda administration adopted ...
The “Energy Vampire” of Global Economy
China is becoming a world leader in the rapid construction of large-scale civilian nuclear facilities, which has effects for both domestic developments and the global market for energy-related technologies.
The “Energy Vampire” of Global Economy
China is without a doubt the world’s fastest growing actor in the peaceful atomic energy sector, and for good reason.
First, Chinese energy needs are skyrocketing. During the first nine months of...
... Sweden, Finland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria) and 4 countries having NPP construction in the pipeline (Poland, Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia). The
new informal association
was established with a view to supporting nuclear power industry development.
The Fukushima-1 tragedy hasn’t impacted long-term energy policy of Russia, China, India and South Korea who reaffirmed their priorities in energy industry development. Out of
63 reactors under construction
in the ...
... From this viewpoint the Fukushima tragedy exacerbated a long-standing crisis of the national political system, exposing its flaws and raising the issue of its urgent fundamental reform.
An important lesson of Fukushima was the deflating myth of a safe nuclear power industry in a country located in a seismically unsafe area. For many decades the Japanese were purposefully indoctrinated that the situation is under control and there is no need to worry. The lesson taught is that the elements are unpredictable,...
