WORLDWATCH DISCREDITS NUCLEAR MYTH

摘要

Christopher Flavin, president, Worldwatch Institute, previewed a report on the future of the nuclear power industry at a March 30 event cosponsored by the Heinrich Boll Foundation. Flavin produced charts and graphs discounting what he called a popular myth that the world had been experiencing nuclear renaissance prior to the Japan disaster. Flavin said nukes currently provide around 13% of the world's energy production, adding that, in light of Fukushima, even China was reevaluating its nuclear energy policy. Show less