Fukushima’s nuclear disaster site to become solar and wind …
2020年2月25日 · Fukushima gets new life as a renewable powerhouse after the 2011 meltdown Feb 25, 2020 Members of the media and Tokyo Electric Power Co. inside the plant that was partially destroyed in the 2011 tsunami.
This is what nuclear power looks like 8 years after Fukushima
2019年12月11日 · Nuclear power production worldwide grew by 3.3% in 2018, with global generation reaching pre-Fukushima levels and nuclear plants meeting almost 10% of the increase in global demand for electricity. And governments are continuing to invest in nuclear facilities because of their capacity for power generation.
Could we build nuclear power plants that float on the sea?
2015年6月26日 · The offshore floating nuclear plant. The researchers’ vision for an Offshore Floating Nuclear Plant (OFNP, visible in the slideshow above) includes a main structure about 45 meters in diameter that will house a plant generating 300 megawatts of electricity. An alternative design for a 1,100-MW plant calls for a structure about 75 meters in ...
Why we must embrace nuclear energy to fight climate change
2024年1月17日 · The accidents at Chernobyl and at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station left long shadows of mistrust and underinvestment. The upfront cost of building a nuclear power plant is considerable and budget overruns and long delays have made it more difficult to gain support for new construction.
What does nuclear power really cost? | World Economic Forum
2015年5月26日 · What is the economic cost of nuclear power? That turns out to be a very difficult question to answer. The United States and other countries have plentiful experience building and operating nuclear power plants. Currently 438 nuclear reactors with a combined capacity of 379,000 megawatts generate more than 10% of the total electricity used ...
Nuclear power can play a big role in the energy transition
As the system proposed is equipped with passive heat removal, a meltdown accident of the Fukushima or Three-Mile Island types would also be impossible. The reduced waste produced from such a plant will have shorter lifetimes (around 500 years vs. 300,000 years) because the reaction uses thorium-based rather than uranium-based fuel.
Nuclear power’s comeback is down to small modular reactors
2022年10月6日 · Nuclear power has an image problem, but the nuclear option looks set for a reboot as interest in this zero-emission energy source is rekindled. While nuclear reactors don’t often go wrong, major nuclear accidents at Three Mile Island in the US, Chernobyl in Ukraine and the Fukushima meltdown in Japan are testament to how serious the ...
These countries have the most nuclear reactors - The World …
2019年11月5日 · When nuclear power makes the news, it’s often for all the wrong reasons. The disasters at Chernobyl and Fukushima, ageing infrastructure in current plants, the spiralling costs of building new ones, and the unsolved issue of nuclear waste.
What’s going on in Chernobyl today? | World Economic Forum
2019年5月20日 · In 2016 the New Safe Containment shield was put in place - the largest moveable steel structure ever built, acting as a giant hangar over the entire nuclear power plant. Within it, workers are still busy keeping the site safe. They monitor radiation, and eventually plan to dismantle the concrete sarcophagus and remove the nuclear fuel.
Chernobyl's nuclear disaster site is being transformed into a solar ...
2017年12月7日 · Only the Fukushima nuclear disaster and what took place in Chernobyl qualified as a Level 7 disaster, the highest classification of an energy accident. A flawed reactor design with workers that weren’t trained well for a safety test proved to be fatal. The steam caused multiple explosions and fire rapidly spread over the area.