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Any country that can enrich uranium to fuel nuclear reactors has everything it needs to enrich uranium further, to weapons-grade strength.
But while America’s commitment to nuclear power was quickly reaffirmed by President Barack Obama, some European governments took the knee-jerk decision to freeze all new nuclear-energy projects immediately, and, in the case of Germany, not to extend the life of existing reactors.
Decommissioning nuclear reactors may make us feel safer, but we should acknowledge that this will often mean compensating for the lost output with more reliance on coal, meaning more emissions that contribute to global warming, and more deaths, both from coal extraction and air pollution.
For the Fukushima nuclear-power plant, a 1,000-year flood and ordinarily innocuous design defects combined to deprive the reactors of circulating water coolant and cause serious radiation leaks.
For example, India, an experienced user of nuclear power, is at the forefront of technological development in areas such as fast reactors.
Russia’s new reactors seem to be safe and competitive with those produced elsewhere.
Any development of fusion reactors would require producing tritium with industrial methods that have yet to be invented.
Some scientists have argued that the neutron irradiation in IFMIF won’t be the same as in fusion reactors, but it should be noted that its cost, at one billion euros, will be one-tenth that of ITER.
At the same time, the international community should support research on energy saving and storage, and accelerate the development of fourth-generation nuclear reactors, which will use fission and be both clean and durable.
Before his death, Kim Jong-il reiterated that at least three nuclear reactors should be built.
The number of countries in this category is bound to increase as the number of nuclear power reactors doubles over the next 20 years.
That safety was further endangered by the meltdown of nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, a catastrophe with which Japan is still coping.
Duke Energy, America’s largest utility, has shelved plans to build two reactors in Florida, after having spent $1 billion on the project.
In fact, this year, four American utilities have decided to shut down a total of five reactors permanently – the first closures in the United States in 15 years.
Moreover, of the 66 reactors under construction worldwide, two-thirds are located in just three countries – China, India, and Russia – with China alone accounting for 28.
As a result of such delays, only three new units began operating last year – half the number of reactors that were shut down.
The 34 reactors that started up over the last decade had a mean construction time of nearly ten years, but contributed just 26 GW – one-third of what solar and wind added in one year.
There has been no answer yet, though there does seem to be some recent movement between Russia and Iran on the provision of nuclear fuel for Iran’s controversial reactors.
In return, India has pledged to open 14 of its 22 existing and planned nuclear power reactors, as well as all future civil reactors, to international inspection.
Ukraine’s Other ChernobylsKYIV – In 1983, the Soviet Union inaugurated two nuclear reactors in what is now Ukraine.
Beyond the obvious risks associated with instability, there is the fact that Ukraine depends on Russia not only for most of the fuel to run its aging reactors, but also for the treatment and storage of most of its spent fuel.
Ukraine should take its reactors’ expiration dates as an opportunity to pursue a safer, more sustainable energy future.
Moreover, following the triple shock of the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear catastrophe in 2011, Japan has managed (at considerable cost) to replace the 25% of its energy supply that the disabled reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi plant provided.
During the next five years, on average, roughly 10 new nuclear reactors are expected to become operational every year.
According to the World Nuclear Association (WNA), 17 new reactors should have become operational between 2007 and 2009.
Moreover, four reactors were de-commissioned during 2009, and a larger number of reactors in Japan and Germany are not in use, owing to various technical stoppages.
At least one hundred older and smaller reactors will most likely be closed over the next 10-15 years.
China has replaced Germany as the world’s leading exporter, while South Korea’s Korean Electric recently outbid Electricité de France to build three nuclear reactors in Abu Dhabi.
The same can be said of the approximately 450 nuclear reactors around the world.
Like airplanes, nuclear reactors are conceived and constructed to mind-boggling standards.
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