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The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has revised upwards its forecast for the global expansion of nuclear energy for the first time in 10 years.
The nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan in 2011 had put a damper on the nuclear power sector.
However, in order to avoid fossil fuels in the fight against climate change, many countries are now thinking about turning to nuclear power, the IAEA reported in Vienna on Thursday.
According to the maximum scenario of the atomic energy agency, the global nuclear production capacity could double to up to 792 gigawatts by 2050 - 10 per cent more than in the previous year’s forecast.
According to the IAEA, this would only be achievable through new technologies in the nuclear sector. These include the production of hydrogen as an energy carrier and the use of more advanced reactors.
In a more conservative IAEA scenario, production capacity would remain almost the same at 392 gigawatts.
Last year, about 10 per cent of the world’s electricity came from nuclear power plants. In the IAEA’s maximum scenario, the share would increase slightly to around 12 per cent by 2050. While the IAEA sees nuclear power as a clean form of energy, Germany and other countries have decided to phase out nuclear power in view of the safety risks and the problematic final storage of nuclear waste.
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17/09/2021
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