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[*JB*]

What these articles are NOT discussing is what will be the future of nuclear power. Most likely, it will be THORIUM powered plants. China -- with the backing of the US -- is speeding up its development of so-called molten salt reactors that can run on thorium. If it succeeds, it would create a cheaper, more efficient, and safer form of nuclear power that produces less nuclear waste than today's uranium-based technology. There are issues, initial cost is one -- but -- there are EXTREME advantages. ONE is that they are virtually meltdown proof. These are liquid, not solid fueled, reactors that can be drained to a holding tank which could prevent further Fukushimas (spelling?). Beside China (with the US) -- India and Canada are also working at a greater pace to develop Thorium reactors. As an aside -- In general, if the warmers make coal fired plants un-economic (there is technology that can make COAL plants run on chemical heat rather than combustion "fired" plants). It is VERY likely -- that solar and wind will NOT be what takes over other than as an adjunct. ECONOMICS will determine where we go -- period.

Edited by *JB*, 03 August 2015 - 04:44 PM.

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As China enters the market for nuclear power plant construction in post-sanctions Iran, Moscow is racing across the Middle East to develop new export markets for Russian nuclear technology. On July 22, the head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) announced that Beijing and Tehran have agreed to China’s construction of two nuclear power plants on Iran’s southern coast.

Iran - The Deal Is Done

To understand nuclear agreements requires a scientific understanding of what it takes to make a nuclear weapon and how to monitor if that is occurring.

Those who don’t know the difference between a bomb and a power plant can be forgiven for not understanding this deal or for not understanding the technical means that will tell us quickly whether or not Iran is cheating.

Our own Secretary of Energy, Dr. Ernie Moniz, a world-renowned nuclear physicist, has been working overtime to explain the science underpinning this deal.



http://www.forbes.co...e-deal-is-done/

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There are about 45 small modular reactor (SMR) designs under development around the world, half of them under preparation for deployment over the next 10 years, and the first three expected to become operational over the next four years.

Small reactors are those with an electricity output of less than 300 MWe, although general opinion is that anything with an output of less than 500 MWe counts as a small reactor.

The first three SMRs with advanced technologies expected to become operational are the KLT-40S in Russia, the HTR-PM in China, and the Carem-25 in Argentina.


http://www.nucnet.or...ea-meeting-told

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Russia, Bolivia agree to cooperate in nuclear energy

Bolivian President Evo Morales said in October last year that the South American country would invest more than $2 billion in the development of nuclear energy over the next decade.

He said that Bolivia's nuclear energy program will "streamline and strengthen the diagnosis and treatment of cancer, in addition to improving food preservation, seeds, soil and pest control with the installation of an irradiation plant."

Morales added that the country plans to install a cyclotron PET/CT linear accelerator as well as a nuclear research reactor.


http://www.world-nuc...y-08101501.html

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Nuclear Energy Around the World  

 

As of November 2016, 30 countries worldwide are operating 450 nuclear reactors for electricity generation and 60 new nuclear plants are under construction in 15 countries.  

 

In 2015, 13 countries relied on nuclear energy to supply at least one-quarter of their total electricity:     

 

France 76.3% Ukraine 56.5% Slovakia 55.9% Hungary 52.7% Slovenia 38.0% Belgium 37.5% Armenia 34.5% Sweden 34.3% Finland 33.7% Switzerland 33.5% Czech Republic 32.5% South Korea 31.7% Bulgaria 31.3%

  

  

https://www.nei.org/...orld-Statistics