In Russia, it looks like the strategy is to export natural gas, and use nuclear energy for domestic electricity needs:
Russia plans to build 42 new nuclear reactors by 2030 as part of an ambitious program to revive its atomic power industry, the top nuclear official said Tuesday.Technorati tags: Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Power, Energy, Electricity, Home Heating, Natural Gas, Russia, Electricity
Federal Nuclear Agency director Sergei Kiriyenko said at a news conference that Russia would need to build at least two nuclear reactors a year to meet the goal.
Russia now has 31 reactors at 10 nuclear power plants, accounting for 16-17 percent of Russia's electricity generation, and President Vladimir Putin has called for raising the share to 25 percent.
Kiriyenko said the government would earmark some US$24 billion for building new nuclear reactors through 2015, and that Rosenergoatom, the state-controlled agency in charge of the nation's nuclear plants, would provide another US$26 billion through 2030 as nuclear power generation becomes increasingly profitable.
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