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Iran war energy shock drives nuclear power plans in hard-hit Asia and Africa
Countries are accelerating reactor plans as the conflict drives energy costs higher and prompts 31 nuclear users and 40 more nations to consider atomic power, officials said.
- The Iran war's energy shock is driving a global nuclear renaissance, with nations across Asia and Africa accelerating atomic energy plans to safeguard against fossil fuel shortages. Countries are scrambling to increase generation and secure long-term power supplies amid rising costs.
- To combat power shortages and weak grids, nuclear nations are pitching small modular reactors, or SMRs, to more than 20 of the 54 African countries. Proponents market these compact units as a faster alternative to large-scale plants for base load power.
- Vietnam signed a deal in March for Russian-designed technology, while Bangladesh is racing to supply 300 megawatts by summer using new reactors. The Philippines is also considering reviving a nuclear plant built after the 1973 oil crisis.
- Rwandan President Paul Kagame stated nuclear energy is a "strategic necessity" for the continent, while Ayumi Fukakusa of the advocacy group Friends of the Earth Japan warned that "nuclear is very risky." Both views reflect competing visions of atomic energy's role.
- As Washington and Moscow vie to supply nuclear technology to African nations, South Africa aims to increase nuclear power from around 5% of its energy mix to 16% by 2040. This geopolitical competition shapes the continent's atomic future.
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Iran war energy shock drives Asia and Africa nuclear power plans
The Iran war's global energy shock is causing some nations in Asia and Africa to boost nuclear power generation and spurring atomic energy plans in non-nuclear countries on both continents. Asia, where most of the Middle Eastern oil and natural gas was headed, was hit first and hardest by disruptions to shipping routes carrying those fuels - swiftly followed by Africa. The US and Europe are also feeling the pinch as the conflict drives up energy…
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Iran war energy shock drives nuclear power plans in hard-hit Asia and Africa
The Iran war’s global energy shock is causing some nations in Asia and Africa to boost nuclear power generation and spurring atomic energy plans in non-nuclear countries on both continents.
Nairobi, Kenya.- The global energy impact of the war with Iran is leading some countries in Asia and Africa to increase nuclear power generation and is driving atomic energy plans in non-nuclear countries on both continents. Asia, the destination of most of the oil and natural gas in the Middle East, was the first region and the most affected by the blockade of the maritime routes through which these fuels circulate, quickly followed by Africa. …
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