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FINANCIAL TIMES SPECIAL REPORT | Monday March 21 2011
Industry thrown into turmoil
N
ext month the world
will mark the 25th
anniversary of Chernobyl, the nuclear
industry’s worst disaster.
The
catastrophic accident halted the
development of new reactors in
much of the world for more
than two decades.
Over the past 10 days, the
world’s eyes have been watching another nuclear crisis
unfold, this one not in eastern
Europe but in Japan.
Experts say the events are not
on the same level as those in
Chernobyl, but the ramifications for the nuclear industry
and the global energy landscape
will be far-reaching.
Events in the Middle East, in
particular Libya, are also affecting the industry.
Governments around the
world are reviewing their plans
for nuclear power, most notably
in China, which had been spearheading a revival that had gathered pace over the past decade.
Faced with ambitious climate
change target
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