التحديات التي تواجه الصناعة النووية في الدول النامية

الملخص EN

The first decade of the 21st century saw a modest upturn in the demand for refurbishing existing and building new nuclear power plants.

This was driven by the push for cleaner energy in response to climate change, the rapid growth of newly industrialized economies and the need to replace many ageing or decommissioned power generation facilities.

The benefits of nuclear technology were, once again, being brought into sharp focus around the world - until 11 March 2011.

The large earthquake and resulting tsunami that struck the east coast of Japan not only caused a severe accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, but like the Chernobyl accident, also seriously damaged public confidence in the safety of nuclear energy.

The accident at Fukushima demonstrated, dramatically, the importance to safety of effective decision making through-out all phases.