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The International Atomic Energy Agency has significantly raised its projection of global nuclear capacity and is now predicting 427 gigawatts (GW) of capacity in 2020, a rise of 127 MW on their 2000 prediction. Examples cited for this rise include: plans by China to raise its installed nuclear electricity generating capacity from the current total of 6.5 GW to between 32 GW and 40 GW by 2020; India's proposal of a 10-fold increase in its capacity by 2022; Russia's plans to raise its capacity from 22 GW to 40-45 GW by 2020 as well as France and Finland's "more moderate plans" to expand their capacity in coming years. For more details please visit the IAEA website on the following link: http://www.iaea.org/NewsCenter/News/2005/electricity_production.html |
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