It was his take that it would require many years (decades) to meaningfully
increase nuclear capacity, even with existing technology.
Although the power sector currently has a
high nuclear capacity, the German directive for nuclear phase - out has led the state to increase investment and incentives for renewable power sources.
But the reason states are
preserving nuclear capacity is not that those plants are necessary for reliability (they aren't), but that those plants don't emit carbon.
They include the consequences of the March 2011 disaster at Fukushima Daiichi, Japan; planned retirements
of nuclear capacity in OECD Europe under current policies; and continued strong growth of nuclear power in non-OECD Asia.
China's most recent Five - Year Plan also set a target for the addition of 58 GW of
nuclear capacity by 2020.
Rather it is India, Korea, and Russia that are seen to account for 40 % of the net increase in
global nuclear capacity in the period to 2040.
Nuclear power is projected to grow significantly, as many nations
expand nuclear capacity to address rising electricity needs as well as energy security and environmental issues.
The possible completion of four new reactors will not be enough to reverse this trend, with
total nuclear capacity falling by 2,806 MW (three percent) through 2025.»
New
nuclear capacity additions over the long term are unlikely to make up for shutdowns as the world's reactors, already averaging 27 years in operation, age further.
The loss of
nuclear capacity from retirements is expected to be offset by the construction of five nuclear reactors with a combined capacity of more than 5,600 MW.
At one point in our bilateral history, as India developed its
civil nuclear capacity, Canada was India's mentor and partner.
LNG will play its part in this dynamic, offering a cleaner energy solution to the coal Japan is burning to replace its
broken nuclear capacity and China is using to fuel its rapid acceleration through a phase of industrialization.
It is simply recognition of the reality that Israel and the West have little to fear from Iran — even an Iran with
limited nuclear capacity.
Even though North Korea is surrounded by secrecy, it is useful to analyse the country's
estimated nuclear capacity in order to address the question.
Alexander called this
reduced nuclear capacity «a further step down that ladder of disarmament», suggested the US would be keen on such an outcome, considering Obama's apparent enthusiasm for a world without nuclear armament.
... after the cancellation of Blue Streak... that, failing the development of a major new British weapons system, we hadn't, and could not in future possess, a genuine
independent nuclear capacity.
China aims to
quadruple nuclear capacity to 40,000 megawatts by 2020, and the U.S. may build as many as 30 new reactors in the next several decades.
As America works to meet the often conflicting goals of powering our economy while reducing our nation's impact on the environment, expanding the country's
nuclear capacity offers a reliable, long - term solution to both problems.
The total amount of at -
risk nuclear capacity climbs to 65 GW when all the plants identified by EP and BNEF are combined.
EIA's CPPNUC case reflects the possibility that generation from new
nuclear capacity beyond units already under construction could be counted in the denominator of the compliance formula for existing fossil generation units.
By 2030, on current trends, China will have a large amount of
nuclear capacity up and running — much of it in highly - populated areas.
It has no uranium, but lots of solar — yet Saudi Arabia plans to double down
on nuclear capacity.
Platts nuclear editor discusses why utilities are building new
nuclear capacity when electricity prices are so low and the price of natural gas is relatively low.
The association, which represents the global nuclear industry, says 1,000 gigawatts of new
nuclear capacity needs to be added by 2050 so nuclear can supply around 25 percent of global electricity.
The implementation of a
large nuclear capacity [1000 gigawatts (GW)-RSB- requires study regarding the long - range availability of nuclear fuel and the disposal of accumulated waste.
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