IAEA Updates Its Projections for Nuclear Power in 2030 (With Audio)

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In his address to the IAEA’s 56th General Conference, IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano said, “When I became Director General three years ago, the talk was of a nuclear renaissance.” The March 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident raised “fundamental questions about the future of nuclear energy throughout the world,” he said, yet, “eighteen months after the accident, it is clear that nuclear energy will remain an important option for many countries.” The Director General referred to the IAEA’s latest projections for nuclear power generating capacity that “show a steady rise in the number of nuclear power plants in the world in the next 20 years.” He noted that developing countries continue to show keen interest in nuclear power.http://energyandnuclear.com/2012/09/26/iaea-updates-its-projections-for-nuclear-power-in-2030-with-audio/

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