Cleaner Tech
Nuclear’s New Wave of Popularity Has to Overcome Age, Economics
- Report suggests tripling global capacity out of reach
- Costs, building delays and state control constrain technology
New nuclear units can take many years and billions of dollars to construct.
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Amid rising public acceptance and political commitments for nuclear energy, analysts have a message for industry advocates: temper your enthusiasm.
Countries that pledged this month in Dubai to triple nuclear generation by 2050 face an uphill battle that is likely to leave them short of their goal, scientists and energy researchers wrote in their annual World Nuclear Industry Status Report, released Wednesday.