The challenges the nuclear industry faces are largely external and must be overcome if it is to help tackle the existential threat of climate change, panellists in the Nuclear Energy and its Future session of the Reuters Next conference on 11 January said. These challenges include: the notion nuclear is an out-dated technology; the cost of finance; market design; political changes; perceived competition with renewable energy; and the public's misconceptions about radioactive waste.

• China
• Russia
• United Kingdom
• France
• Uranium
• Germany
• Japan
• Deep geological repository
• Spent nuclear fuel
• Small modular reactor
• Europe
• Turkey
• Finland
• Sodium
• International Energy Agency
• OECD
• Poland
• Generation IV reactor
• Belgium
• Pennsylvania
• Netherlands
• Spain
• Coral reef
• Coronavirus disease 2019
• Celsius

Source: World Nuclear News

Date: Friday, 15 January 2021

Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/The-real-challenges-to-nuclear-are-external,-says

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6 May (NucNet): France and Japan will cooperate on the development of Generation IV fast breeder reactors (FBR) including the Astrid project, which is under development in France.

• China
• Russia
• France
• Uranium
• Japan
• India
• Turkey
• Sodium
• Areva
• Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
• François Hollande

Source: Nucnet

Date: Tuesday, 06 May 2014

Original article: nucnet.org/news/france-and-japan-announce-cooperation-on-generation-iv-astrid-fbr

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