Co2 is not at all important , at least not in the Indian context or in the context of energy mix. Is it the case that Nuclear would be 100% or even 90 % of world power demand or even of India. If not then it is a spurious argument brought out by some nuke lobbies who want to sell their reactors.
Of 61 NPP under various stages of planning or construction , how many are in developed world which have the most advanced technology in this field as we have been told.
Poster also conveniently omits few sentences to enhance his context. And he also msiquotes by paraphrasing. But that is a know tactics we have seen earlier.
Exact words in the report as quoted in news report linked by the poster.
"Significant growth in the use of nuclear energy worldwide is still anticipated — between 35 percent and 100 percent by 2030 — although the Agency projections for 2030 are 7-8 percent lower than projections made in 2010."
So it is not as much as 100% but between 35 % and 100%. Wide variation by any estimate. It also says 7-8% lower than projections.
Another gem from the report
said the number of new reactor construction starts fell to only three last year - two in Pakistan and one in India - from 16 in 2010.
Thats far from the tall claim made in this thread.
Also last year, 13 reactors were officially declared as permanently shut down, including the four units at Fukushima as well as eight in Germany.
This represents the highest number of shutdowns since 1990, when the Chernobyl accident had a similar effect," the Vienna-based U.N. agency said in its annual Nuclear Technology Review. "As a comparison, 2010 saw only one shutdown and 2009 three."
At Fukushima one year ago, fires and explosions caused a full meltdown (oooooops I thought fizzicysts said not meltdown and report says full meltdown) in three reactors while a fourth was also damaged.
Almost all of Japan's 54 reactors sit idle, awaiting approvals to restart.
So while 61 NPP are yet to start 54 are offline.
But many countries are still pushing ahead with nuclear energy, with 64 reactors under construction at the end of 2011, most of them in Asia, said the document prepared for a closed-door meeting of the IAEA's 35-nation board last week.
so it was 64 and not 61 but mostly in Asia. Why not in Western world which contribute most to CO2? Why Asians are being fooled? Arent West supposed to be so wise that it provides livelihood to even Indian fyzicysts.
The report acknowledges , somewhat realistically,
"In countries considering the introduction of nuclear power, interest remained strong. Although some countries indicated that they would delay decisions to start nuclear power programs, others continued with their plans to introduce nuclear energy."
China and India are expected to remain the main centers of expansion in Asia and Russia is also forecast to see strong growth, it said.
Germany, Switzerland and Belgium decided to move away from nuclear power to grow reliance on renewable energy instead.
Whatever the report is worth, it must be read in its context. Fukushima has dented the pace of NPP growth significantly and contributed to uncertainty in the field. No wonder Nuclear lobbyist are trying hard to argue their cases.
BTW banana and CO2 are brought here to shut down the thread, I suspect.
