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International Energy Raw Materials and Energy Summit, İstanbul, Turkey, 27 - 30 September 2017, pp.1
Nuclear energy has been considered as a viable and sustainable
energy production option for the world. The commercial use of nuclear energy
was introduced in the late 50’s. A tremendous growth was observed in the early
70’s. The expected expansion at that time was enormous. Unfortunately, three
terrible accidents, Three Miles Island, Chernobyl, and Fukushima, have
influenced the global expansion of nuclear energy. Recently, global warming and
climate change have been considered as an important threat for the future of
mankind. As a result of this, the expansion of renewable energy and shrinkage
of fossil fuel based systems are the elements of main scenario for the future.
How about nuclear energy? Risks and opportunities associated with nuclear are
discussed with an independent point of view. Furthermore, the roles of
countries and big vendor companies have been changing in the global nuclear
industry. Emerging countries and new role players have been appearing in the
market. A possible growth scenario for nuclear together with new prospective
technologies and new role players will be discussed to create a perspective for
the future of nuclear energy. The status and perspective for the role of
nuclear in the future energy mix of Turkey are also discussed with different
scenarios.