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In June 2010, Vietnam announced that it plans to build 14 nuclear reactors at eight sites in five provinces by 2030, to satisfy at least 15 GW nuclear power (i.e. 10% share) [11] of the estimated total demand of 112 GW. An ambitious strategy to increase the nuclear share to 20-25% by 2050 has also been outlined.
Globally, there have been at least 99 (civilian and military) recorded nuclear power plant accidents from 1952 to 2009 (defined as incidents that either resulted in the loss of human life or more than US$50,000 of property damage, the amount the US federal government uses to define nuclear energy accidents that must be reported), totaling US$20.5 billion in property damages.
Central Vietnam 622 October–November 1999 [6] Đồng Nai train disaster Accident: Đồng Nai province: 200+ 17 March 1982 [7] Typhoon Yagi and Northern Vietnam floods Typhoon, floods Northern Vietnam 344+ 7 September 2024 [8] Typhoon Damrey: Typhoon Central Vietnam 106 November 18, 2017 [9] 2020 Central Vietnam floods: Flood Central Vietnam 249
In 2009, Vietnam approved plans to develop its first two nuclear power plants, but the plans were shelved in 2016 following the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan and due to budget constraints.
SL-1 accident 1961, January 3 All three of the experimental reactor crew died when the reactor went prompt critical and the core explosively vaporized. 3 Samut Prakan radiation accident: 2000 February Three deaths and ten injuries resulted when a radiation-therapy unit was dismantled. [20] 2 Tokaimura nuclear accident, Japan: 1999, September 30
The 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, the worst nuclear accident in 25 years, displaced 50,000 households after radiation leaked into the air, soil and sea. [1] Deceased Liquidators' portraits used for an anti-nuclear power protest in Geneva. This image of the SL-1 core served as a reminder of deaths and damage that a nuclear meltdown ...
KURCHATOV, Russia (Reuters) -U.N. nuclear agency chief Rafael Grossi said after visiting Russia's Kursk nuclear power plant on Tuesday that there was a risk of a nuclear accident and the situation ...
To combat accidents associated with aging nuclear power plants, it may be advantageous to build new nuclear power reactors and retire the old nuclear plants. In the United States alone, more than 50 start-up companies are working to create innovative designs for nuclear power plants [ 153 ] while ensuring the plants are more affordable and cost ...