Nuclear Club
Monday - Jul 20, 2009 - 8:20 PMAll over the world people have mixed feelings about the use of atomic energy for both civilian and military purposes. It is very likely though that weather we like it or not, nuclear energy will gradually replace coal and gas as the main sources of energy. There simply isn't enough traditional natural energy resources to fuel the growing world economy. Unless we can figure out how to conquer the renewable resources more effectively and economically, nuclear power plants are the future. Military use is a whole different story and I hope that the world will be able to stop the spread of such weapons. Here is a brief look at some of the statistics:
- 436 - number of operational nuclear power plants in the world
- 31 - number of counties with nuclear power plants
- 104 - number of power plants in the United States
- 59 - number of power plants in France
- 53 - number of power plants in Japan
- China, India, Pakistan, Argentina, Brazil, South Africa and Taiwan - developing countries with nuclear power plants
- 15% of global energy production comes from nuclear power plants
- Westinhouse/Toshiba (US/Japan), Areva (France), Atomenergoprom (Russia) - three companies dominating the market when it comes to supplying civilian energy technology
- URENCO (Great Britain/Germany/The Netherlands), EURODIF (France), the US Enrichment Corporation and TENEX (Russia) - share about 95% of the world supply market for enriched uranium
- 5 - the number of countries that have nuclear powered submarines in their navy (United States, Russia, France, United Kingdom, China and India)
