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Dubious future of “nuclear renaissance”

WNA report – what is the future of fuel? NUCLEAR ENGINEERING 29 September 2009

” ……………….there remains a worry that the so-called nuclear renaissance, much discussed both within and outside the industry in recent years, is threatened by a huge variety of possible adverse issues, ranging from non-proliferation concerns and possible public acceptance difficulties to costs of new plants and alleged financing difficulties.

This makes this period a little different to the previous age of optimism that sparked the foundation of the old Uranium Institute in 1975. Although some difficulties were anticipated for the expansive vision for nuclear power at that time, the experiences of the lean years for the industry from the 1980s onwards increase the uncertainties that the report has to address………………….

This limits the number of new nuclear countries which could have reactors by 2020.

Nuclear Engineering International

September 30, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, 2 WORLD, business and costs | nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear wastes, radioactive, uranium, wastes