|
|
Article: Nuclear power development.
- Article from:
- Economic Review
- Article date:
- March 1, 1991
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1991 Economic and Industrial Publications. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Nuclear Power Development
Nuclear power has been successfully used for the generation of electricity. At present there are some 400 nuclear power plants around the world. The commercial nuclear power programme of the United States being the largest in the world (110 reactors with total capacity of about 137,000 MW) act as the powerful trend setter in this field.
France that had only 60% of nuclear electricity on its grid a few years back, has now more than 80%. It is running fifty four 900MW nuclear power reactors (one such plant may be installed in Pakistan). It has yet another fourteen jumbo 1300 MW types. France turns out a 900 MW nuclear power reactor ...