risks and realities : the "new nuclear energy revival" /
Sharon Squassoni
- 2007
Despite calls for caution by Mohamed ElBaradei, Director General of the IAEA, there is considerable renewed interest in the use of nuclear power to generate electricity. This article provides some facts and figures about current nuclear power generation, and looks at how this might grow in the period to 2050. In addition to the long-standing concerns about of plant safety, waste management, the proliferation of nuclear know-how, and military uses of civilian technologies, there are new fears of terrorist attacks on nuclear plants or with nuclear materials. Notes that nuclear energy will continue to require public funding and public support. Nuclear energy will remain important but will not solve global warming and will only ever meet part of world demand for electricity.