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Asia Embraces Nuclear Power: at what cost?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2025

Michael Casey
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ULSAN, South Korea — Led by fast-growing China and India, Asia is going nuclear in a big way to feed its ravenous appetite for energy.

The strains of economic growth are already showing. Energy shortages have forced Chinese factories to scale back production, and farmers in India often have power for only half the day. Both countries say their future growth is at risk unless they diversify their energy mix.

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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 4 , Issue 8 , August 2006 , e5
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