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The world is in nuclear fever

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In Japan, thousands of people across the country commemorated the victims of the Fukushima flood and nuclear disaster last Saturday.

Japan commemorates the victims of the nuclear disaster in Fukushima on Saturday. It has been twelve years since the nuclear meltdown that killed 20,000 people. As a result, several countries, including Switzerland, have begun phasing out nuclear power.

But now even Japan doesn’t want to know about the end of the nuclear age. Due to the energy crisis caused by the war in Ukraine, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (65) wants to extend the life of the existing nuclear power plants and build the latest generation of reactors, he announced at the end of this year.

57 new reactors under construction

Germany has postponed the nuclear phase-out for a few months. Instead of going off the grid at the end of last year, the last three nuclear power plants should now run at least until April. Belgium has even postponed nuclear phase-out until 2035. At least six new furnaces are being built in France – a new law aims to speed up construction. Sweden also wants to expand nuclear power.

According to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), there are currently 422 reactors in operation worldwide, supplying ten percent of the electricity produced worldwide. There are 57 new reactors under construction and about 100 planned – mainly in China, Russia and India.

Poland is back to nuclear power

But nuclear energy is also used in other Asian countries and in Eastern Europe. In Slovakia, a new reactor was only connected to the grid at the end of January and another reactor block will follow next year. And Poland, which does not yet have a nuclear power plant, decided last year to return to nuclear power. (lha)

Source:Blick

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