The International Atomic Energy Agency is forecasting an significant increase in global nuclear capacity:
That equates to 60 new nuclear plants over the next 15 years. The greatest increases are expected to come from China (six-fold) and India (10-fold).
“The current picture is one of rising expectations,” the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) Director-General, Mohamed ElBaradei, told the organization’s Board of Governors meeting this week in Vienna.
Based on the most conservative assumption, the latest report on the subject forecasts around 430 gigawatts of global nuclear capacity in 2020, up from 367 gigawatts today, translating into just over 500 nuclear power plants worldwide by then.
That equates to 60 new nuclear plants over the next 15 years. The greatest increases are expected to come from China (six-fold) and India (10-fold).
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