2006年06月09日
ENS奧地利,維也納報導;蔡秦怡編譯;莫聞審校
根據聯合國核子監督機構「國際原子能總署」新出爐的評估報告顯示,核能能量預估在未來20年,將較目前增加約22%至34%。以目前科技的進步及使用增加的比率來看,礦藏量仍足以再維持85年;不過研究顯示,快速反應器技術可將上述期限延長逾2500年。
Global Nuclear Expansion Based on Plentiful Uranium Supply
Over the next 20 years, world nuclear energy capacity is expected to increase between 22 percent and 43 percent, according to a new estimate issued by the UN nuclear watchdog agency. At that rate of increase and using current technology, there is enough uranium to last for the next 85 years, although the study says that fast reactor technology would lengthen this period to over 2,500 years.