Environmental health concerns unlikely to quell nuclear production

The use of nuclear energy is not expected to fall too much despite recent concerns over its impact on environmental health.

Following the leaks that were seen at some nuclear power plants across Japan in the aftermath of the recent earthquake, many countries, Japan included, have vowed to use more renewable energy forms.

However, the World Energy Council (WEC) has suggested today (May 17th 2011) that while efforts to develop more sustainable energy are rightly being stepped up, this does not necessarily spell the end for nuclear power.

Director of communications at the WEC Stuart Neil believes nations will take various approaches to nuclear energy in the near future.

"Each country is going to be different in its energy mix going forward; politically, some will find it more expedient to use nuclear and others won't," he remarked.

Today, the firm in charge of the devastated Japanese nuclear plant in Fukushima Tokyo Electric Power said the crisis would be over within the next six to nine months.

Posted by Joseph Hutton