Life After 40: Suppliers Anxious to Support Life Extension Initiatives for Aging Nuclear Power Plants

Publication: 
Energy Pulse
Publication date: 
February 23, 2010

With the world's electricity demand continuing to grow, and with the desire to reduce the world's emission output from traditional fossil fuel plants, countries are turning to new renewable energy sources and to nuclear power to meet that demand. It is clear that the new renewable energy sources by themselves will not be sufficient to meet the demand. Because new nuclear power plants currently on the drawing board will not be in operation for a while, there is an initiative currently under way to continue operation of current nuclear plants at high performance levels to 2050 and beyond.

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