Fueling Asia's Growth: Tapping the Promise of Nuclear  

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Kidd, Steve

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Far Eastern Economic Review vol. 170 no. 07 (Sep. 2007), page 47-52.

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The majority of nuclear reactors -- both those under construction and planned -- are located in Asia. Japan, South Korea and Taiwan already have well-established nuclear programs, which are expected to continue, maintaining their nuclear shares of electricity at least at current levels. In South Korea, nuclear power generates around 40% of electricity. Other countries in the region are expected to get their first nuclear plants by 2020, notably Vietnam and Indonesia. Other possible candidates include Malaysia and Thailand. But China and India offer the brightest prospects for significant growth in the number of nuclear-power plants. With the first commercial reactors having started up in the 1950s, nuclear power is now a mature technology. The industry grew very rapidly in the 1970s and 1980s but then entered a period of relative stagnation. Important reasons for the slowdown in the industry include the long lead time required to build reactors and their low load factors largely arising from poor operating practices.

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