Role of Nuclear Power in the Future: Cost and Public Acceptance
Authors
Changjian Wang
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Changjian Wang
Available Online March 2016.
- DOI
- 10.2991/icmmse-16.2016.44How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Nuclear power, Cost, Public acceptance
- Abstract
The Fukushima accident pushed nuclear energy into dark criticism. Five years after, Japan is still faltering in its response to phase out nuclear. Global generating electricity from nuclear has decreased. Unfortunately, capital costs for renewables continue to fall, but costs of nuclear power keep rising. In addition, nuclear waste storage and spent fuel management problems are still unsolved. What’s the nuclear power future? It has been plagued by the high cost of construction for a long time and the uncertain public acceptance after the Fukushima, as well as other strong competitors from renewables and fossil shale-gas in the near future.
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- © 2016, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Changjian Wang PY - 2016/03 DA - 2016/03 TI - Role of Nuclear Power in the Future: Cost and Public Acceptance BT - Proceedings of the 2016 International Conference on Mechanics, Materials and Structural Engineering PB - Atlantis Press SP - 260 EP - 265 SN - 2352-5401 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/icmmse-16.2016.44 DO - 10.2991/icmmse-16.2016.44 ID - Wang2016/03 ER -