BRAZILIAN CRISIS DELAYS ECO-FRIENDLY NUCLEAR DREAM
May 1st, 2016
Brazil's economic and political crisis is delaying plans to develop its nuclear power industry, experts say. This could be a lost opportunity to help the country reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 43% below 2005 levels by 2030, and 37% below 2005 levels by 2025 as committed by the government at the United Nations’ 21st Session of the Conference of Parties (COP21), in Paris last December (2015).
Speaking to Fuel Cycle Week, Marcelo Gomes da Silva, vice-president of the Brazilian Nuclear Energy Association (ABEN - Associação Brasileira de ...
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