Nuclear power renaissance not the expansion boom the industry expected

02.05.2010 | 10:02:35 am | Posted by Clean Break

The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), an Ottawa think tank founded in 2002 by Research In Motion co-CEO Jim Balsillie, says we shouldn't expect any major expansion of the nuclear market before 2030. After that, the future of the industry is no more certain.After three and a half years of extensive study, which included exhaustive consultation with industry experts and review of peer-reviewed literature, the policy think tank released a report yesterday that says the nuclear industry will have a hard enough time just replacing older reactors in the existing global fleet. F...

 
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