“If governments do not facilitate the investment, I don’t think nuclear will
fly.” —IEA Chief Economist Fatih Birol
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The Economist, 9 November 2006
Business : Nuclear power
HALF LIFE
The nuclear industry is predicting a rapid expansion—but that will not happen
without government help
“NUCLEAR has to be part of the energy mix,” insists Claude Mandil, the head of
the International Energy Agency (IEA), a think-tank-cum-watchdog for
power-hungry countries. He was speaking at the launch (...)