Fukushima may delay world N-energy growth by 10 years
11 April 2013 6:33 AM IST
The Fukushima nuclear disaster may delay the growth of the world nuclear energy market by 10 years, an expert from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Wednesday.
However, this does not mean that the growth of the nuclear energy demand will be reversed. It will continue to grow, IAEA programme coordinator Alan McDonald was quoted as saying by Xinhua at the World Nuclear Fuel Cycle conference in Singapore.
McDonald said the IAEA had been constantly revising its growth forecasts upward for the nuclear energy industry amid a rosy picture in the several years before the Fukushima incident in March 2011. However, the growth forecasts were cut substantially after the accident. This represents a downward revision by 9 per cent and 1 per cent.
However, this does not mean that the growth of the nuclear energy demand will be reversed. It will continue to grow, IAEA programme coordinator Alan McDonald was quoted as saying by Xinhua at the World Nuclear Fuel Cycle conference in Singapore.
McDonald said the IAEA had been constantly revising its growth forecasts upward for the nuclear energy industry amid a rosy picture in the several years before the Fukushima incident in March 2011. However, the growth forecasts were cut substantially after the accident. This represents a downward revision by 9 per cent and 1 per cent.
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