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But it is planned to be a very slow phase out:
The first of 5 plants is planned to get shut-down 2019
Two more plants 2029
The last one 2034
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Great, better than never. Well lets hope nothing happens to their reactors till 2034
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Let’s hope something does happen and that they then vote to shut them all down NOW!
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waking up to their radiative future.
they find it’s cheaper to close the NPPs than health care for the all who will get sick from exposure. This makes economic sense to socialized countries but for the wild wild west your on your own cause THEY DON’T GIVE A FUCK ABOUT YOU.
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Mining and processing reactor fuel is also energy intensive, so the overall nuclear system is not actually carbon free.
All this creates a dilemma for developing countries, which need a relatively cheap source of energy. Some developing countries have found nuclear energy an attractive option, and have invested in nuclear plants (see Table 1).
Countries
Billion kWh
Per cent of electricity
Argentina
(2)
6.7
5.9
Brazil
(2)
13.9
3.1
China
(14)
71.0
1.8
India
(5)
20.5
2.9
Korea (South)
(21)
141.9
32.2
Mexico
(2)
5.6
3.6
Pakistan
(3)
2.6
2.6
South Africa
(2)
12.9
5.2
WORLD
(440)
2630
13.8
Table 1: Nuclear energy in the developing world
Electricity outputs from, and percentage of global electricity generated by, nuclear plants in developing countries (the number of the plants is shown in brackets).
Source: World Nuclear Association 2011 [1]
But after the nuclear accident at the Fukushima power plant that followed the March 2011 tsunami in Japan, some others who were thinking of doing so have now abandoned their plans (see Table 2)
Developing countries seeking nuclear
No longer interested
Bangladesh
Cuba*
Chile
Kuwait
Egypt
Malaysia
Iran
Philippines
Jordan
Qatar
Kazakhstan
Thailand
Kenya
N Korea
Saudi Arabia
Turkey
UAE (Abu Dhabi)
Vietnam
Venezuela
* Cuba abandoned its nuclear programme some years ago.
Table 2: Current plans for nuclear power in the developing world
The Fukushima accident undermined confidence in, and support for, nuclear power around the world. Opinions vary from country to country, but over 60 per cent of people are now opposing nuclear power. (See Box 1.)
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Anthony,….please IGNORE the fuel flea!
I am sooooo glad you’re back, K? K!
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yikes – nice tables of info at
http://www.scidev.net/en/china/features/nuclear-power-after-fukushima-facts-and-figures-1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_china
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Nuclear power in this day and age is clearly a mistake.
Sept 29: Because five times higher than acceptable standards for radiation levels in the Czech police shut down tonight part one of the districts located in the center of Prague.
Service assure that this level of radiation is not dangerous to humans, but do not explain what is its source. According to fire brigade radiation probably comes from something that is in the ground or underground.
http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=pl&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http://wiadomosci.onet.pl/swiat/czechy-podwyzszony-poziom-promieniowania,1,4865147,wiadomosc.html
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The people of Japan may be rejecting nuclear, but their industry apparently continues to expand itself: “Japan, Vietnam move ahead on nuclear reactor plans” http://www.marketwatch.com/story/japan-vietnam-move-ahead-on-nuclear-reactor-plans-2011-09-28?Link=obinsite
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Yes it seems so, posted a similar article last month, odd that they were the first to find rads in their Pine Needles from Japan too !
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Vietnam finds Uranium-238 in sample of pine needles 4000 km …
Apr 11, 2011 … 12 comments to Vietnam finds Uranium-238 in sample of pine needles 4000
km away from Fukushima. xdrfox. April 11, 2011 at 11:17 am …
http://enenews.com/vietnam-finds-uranium-238-sample-pine-needles
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I seen also where they got a lot of big loans !
Go fugure !!
Vietnam gets US$330m World Bank loan for hydropower project …
Wednesday, Jun 29, 2011. “”The World Bank”" will loan energy-hungry Vietnam …
http://www.siiaonline.org/?q=programmes/insights/vietnam-gets-us330m-world-bank-loan-hydropower-project
Vietnam gets $22.5 mln loan for health projects | Look At Vietnam …
May 5, 2011 … According to the Ministry of Finance, to date Vietnam has made loans totaling
$161 million from OFID for 17 projects in various fields like …
http://www.lookatvietnam.com/2011/05/vietnam-gets-225-mln-loan-for-health-projects.html
Vietnam Airlines gets $457 million loan package to buy planes …
May 24, 2011 … Vietnam Airlines signed Monday an agreement with three foreign banks namely
Citigroup, DBS and HSBC for a syndicated loan of US$457 …
http://en.baomoi.com/Info/Vietnam-Airlines-gets-457-million-loan-package-to-buy-planes/5/146046.epi
VietNamNet – Vietnam gets ADB’s $50 million loan to improve …
Dec 12, 2007 … VietNamNet Bridge – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said Tuesday it was
lending US$50 million to help the most disadvantaged groups of …
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/education/2007/12/759221/
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@acid Lab, You have four posts in a row that are just nasty troll jobs, what is your damage?
Or are you just a really stupid shill?
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