Product Description
Introduction
In recent years, nuclear energy has made considerable progress in overcoming environmental, safety, and health issues. However, in March 2011, this promising outlook was transformed by the disaster at the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan. Several governments subsequently announced moratoria on new projects and are rethinking their approach to nuclear power.
Features And Benefits
• An overview of the global nuclear power landscape and Datamonitor' s impartial analysis of the recent events at the Fukushima power plant in Japan.
• An evaluation of the opportunities outside the nuclear industry post Fukushima as well as the current situation across key nuclear markets worldwide.
• An impartial appraisal of the current and future outlook for nuclear power generation across these markets.
Highlights
The need for large amounts of reliable baseload power generation is greater than ever, as are concerns about climate change. Despite the incident at Fukushima, nuclear power will prevail, and remains a legitimate and growing part of the future energy mix.
In the long term, nuclear power and its role in the wider energy mix are not at risk, at least not on environmental or safety grounds. In the immediate term, however, it is inevitable that nuclear plant manufacturers will be challenged by concerns about nuclear safety by a media often only to happy to publicize negative developments.
There exists a very real opportunity for the nuclear industry to address safety concerns where they exist and secure the future of an industry that plays a pivotal role in the supply of indispensable baseload power generation worldwide.
Your Key Questions Answered
• Will Fukushima spell the end of nuclear power generation as we know it?
• What is the current and future likely status of nuclear power in Japan, France, Germany, China, the UK, and the US?
• What specific opportunities are there to be had in this and competing power generation industries in the immediate and short term?
• Who are the key players and technology providers across the nuclear power generation industry and how will they be impacted by recent developments?
Table of Contents
OVERVIEW
Catalyst
Summary
Methodology
OVERVIEW OF THE GLOBAL NUCLEAR POWER LANDSCAPE
Snapshot
Recent developments
Opportunities outside the nuclear industry
Market reality
General outlook
CURRENT SITUATION ACROSS KEY MARKETS
Japan
The Fukushima incident: March 11, 2011
China
National strategy
Issues and opportunities
Recent developments
US
Recent events
Public perception
France
Key players
Germany
Energy policy
Green Germany
Safe nuclear
On/off nuclear
Recent events
Impact on key players
OPPORTUNITIES AND OUTLOOK ACROSS KEY MARKETS
Significant short-, medium-, and long-term opportunities
Manufacturing opportunities
Fabrication opportunities
Labor opportunities
Japan
China
US
France
Germany
Appendix
Key data
Japan
China
US
France
Germany
Sources
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