The reactor building of Unit 3 will cover the tsunami Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant crippled in Fukushima Prefecture, is seen in this photo taken flyer September 15, 2011. Picture taken September 15, 2011
Greenpeace calls "the dying and dangerous," the industry and Europe's largest engineering conglomerate, Siemens, is a totally exciting field.
Fukushima Japan nuclear accident six months ago has raised questions about the future of nuclear energy worldwide and especially in Europe, featuring the German decision to leave the power supply and the referendum in Italy to the ban for decades.
But a sign that the worst disaster in a quarter of a century may slow or stop the growth of nuclear energy, the other major economic and political power to use the UN meeting this week, reaffirms its commitment to nuclear energy .
US Energy Secretary Steven Chu, whose country has the most nuclear reactors in the world, spoke of his role to become more "precious", the world is facing climate change, energy demand and a growing economy overall difficulty.
The head of the fast growing Indian Atomic Energy Commission, Srikumar Banerjee, told the annual collection of the same State Agency UN International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) plans in the country of an "expansion major "nuclear capacity.
CEO George Felgate of the World Association of Nuclear Operators, an industry body set up to enhance security after the Chernobyl accident in 1986, said 66 reactors were under construction in the world, many in China.
"We have not seen any of the 66 withdrawn or canceled back," he said on the sidelines of the conference a week of the IAEA.
"Germany is an extreme reaction in my opinion. I think the world looks to Germany to see if in fact solar panels and wind turbines can replace nuclear power. My personal opinion is no."
The IAEA itself says it still sees "significant" for future growth - forecast at least 90 new reactors by 2030 to add 432 in the world - even if forecasts Fukushima encouraged to reduce slightly.
After an earthquake and tsunami of March 11, the fuel rods from the reactor plant in Japan began to melt when the power and cooling functions failed, causing radiation leaks and forcing the evacuation of some 80,000 people.
"After the accident at Fukushima Daiichi, there was speculation that the expansion of interest in nuclear energy seen in recent years could come to an end," the Director General of the IAEA Yukiya Amano told Delegates at the meeting in Vienna.
"It 'clear, however, that it will be a steady and significant increase of use of nuclear energy in the next two decades, although more slowly than our earlier projections."
Before the crisis in Fukushima, the IAEA is scheduled up to 25 countries to bring their first nuclear power plants in line with the 2030th Today, 29 countries have nuclear power.
Of interest remains high in countries that are considering introducing nuclear energy effects, although some have been canceled or changed their plans after Fukushima, Amano said.
Although he continues to see growth in nuclear capacity, the IEA projections made it clear that the form of energy may struggle to maintain its market share of about 13 percent of the total electricity could increase even faster.
PROJECTIONS "meaning"
In the low growth scenario, the share of nuclear power in total electricity production in 2050 projected to fall 6.2 percent. At best, it would be stable at the present time.
The projections do not indicate how other energy sources - such as power plants oil and gas, hydro and renewables - are expected to develop.
Greenpeace is opposed to nuclear power safety reasons, rejected the latest forecasts of the IAEA, a sign of "unrealistic optimism", said the UN agency was a promoter of industry, not by an independent judge.
"The fact that the agency has never been late coming up with optimistic messages for the dying if you please, but dangerous nuclear industry confirms that this puts politics ahead of science and often the protection of public health, "said Jan Beranek, Greenpeace campaign director of nuclear power.
IAEA rejects the criticism, said an action plan is prepared according to Fukushima will greatly help to increase safety.
In a sign of Fukushima has already had an impact on the industry, at least in Germany after a U-turn on nuclear power, this month, Siemens said it has released its nuclear work, it leads to scrap a joint venture with Rosatom Russia.
"Chapter (nuclear) is closed for us," said Chief Executive Peter Loescher German weekly Der Spiegel in an interview published Sunday.
Decision of Siemens' came after more than two years compared to the turbulence of the giant nuclear engineering sector.
Japan itself, the third largest economy in the world, said he wants to reduce its reliance on nuclear energy.
"Fukushima certainly has an impact on the growth of nuclear energy, but keep in perspective," said Assistant Chief Stephen Kidd of the World Nuclear Association, an industry body.
"Several countries have reaffirmed their strong support for nuclear energy after Fukushima, to counter Germany, Italy, etc."
Malcolm Grimston, nuclear expert Chatham House in London, has proposed forecasts, where the industry is in four decades could be "quite a few 'important' because of the many uncertainties, which may alter the outlook.
"Fukushima is a short-term effect, and perhaps medium-term impact," said Grimston.
"But how an estimate of nuclear energy in 2050 may be made without great unwarranted assumptions, such as climate change, geopolitics, energy efficiency, renewable organization markets the energy etc etc etc. I'm missing. "
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