Chile loses love for nukes, may have to turn to coal to meet growing demand for power

摘要

Last year when Chile's president ordered GDF Suez to relocate its proposed 540-megawatt Barrancones coal-fired power plant due to environmental concerns, (effectively killing the project) speculation ran high that a moratorium on all future coal-fired plant construction would become government policy. Backers of coal-fired power plants had reason to worry. For a time it appeared that public support for nuclear power plants was gaining strong traction. That came to a screeching halt after an 8.9 magnitude earthquake and tsunami rocked Japan last March, causing a meltdown at several nuclear plants.