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JAPAN NPP ACCIDENTS NOT TO AFFECT WORLD NUCLEAR POWER GENERATION
ITAR-TASS
March 15 2011
Russia
The State Duma lower house of the Russian parliament believes that the
accidents at Japanese nuclear power plants caused by the devastating
earthquake on March 11, will not make a negative influence on the
development of world nuclear power generation.
"It is difficult to say what nuclear power plant can stand magnitude
9 tremor, given the fact that Japan's nuclear power engineering
factored in seismicity from the beginning," deputy speaker Valery
Yazev, who supervises the energy theme, told Itar-Tass.
"We /Russia/ don't build NPPs in such zones. However, you remember
that the Armenian nuclear power plant, in effect, withstood the test
of earthquake," Yazev said.
In this connection, Yazev did not rule out that the situation in
Japan "will complicate decision-making," for example, by Europe, on a
sweeping increase in the number of nuclear power generation facilities.
He agreed that "perhaps, it is not expedient to build NPPs in certain
regions of the world given such factors as high seismicity."
"But this does not imply that one has to scale it down altogether,"
the parliamentarian said.
Furthermore, Yazev believes that despite the demolitions and difficult
situation in the area of Japanese NPPs, the nuclear power generation
of that country "passed the test by an earthquake of that unique
magnitude."
"Nobody will be stopping the functioning plants. A nuclear renaissance
is obviously underway in the world, with decisions on building new
NPPs made in Europe, Asia and the USA.
"Perhaps, the critics of these decisions will get additional arguments
as they look at Japan now, but the world almost has no such regions,
except Japan, which would have unique seismic situation and nuclear
power generation.
"So I don not think that by mature analysis, this /situation in
Japan/ will introduce some negative factors in the development of
world nuclear power generation. However, it will give everybody,
including Russia, additional information, in order to work out extra
means of protection of the earthquake of that magnitude," Yazev said.
From: A. Papazian
ITAR-TASS
March 15 2011
Russia
The State Duma lower house of the Russian parliament believes that the
accidents at Japanese nuclear power plants caused by the devastating
earthquake on March 11, will not make a negative influence on the
development of world nuclear power generation.
"It is difficult to say what nuclear power plant can stand magnitude
9 tremor, given the fact that Japan's nuclear power engineering
factored in seismicity from the beginning," deputy speaker Valery
Yazev, who supervises the energy theme, told Itar-Tass.
"We /Russia/ don't build NPPs in such zones. However, you remember
that the Armenian nuclear power plant, in effect, withstood the test
of earthquake," Yazev said.
In this connection, Yazev did not rule out that the situation in
Japan "will complicate decision-making," for example, by Europe, on a
sweeping increase in the number of nuclear power generation facilities.
He agreed that "perhaps, it is not expedient to build NPPs in certain
regions of the world given such factors as high seismicity."
"But this does not imply that one has to scale it down altogether,"
the parliamentarian said.
Furthermore, Yazev believes that despite the demolitions and difficult
situation in the area of Japanese NPPs, the nuclear power generation
of that country "passed the test by an earthquake of that unique
magnitude."
"Nobody will be stopping the functioning plants. A nuclear renaissance
is obviously underway in the world, with decisions on building new
NPPs made in Europe, Asia and the USA.
"Perhaps, the critics of these decisions will get additional arguments
as they look at Japan now, but the world almost has no such regions,
except Japan, which would have unique seismic situation and nuclear
power generation.
"So I don not think that by mature analysis, this /situation in
Japan/ will introduce some negative factors in the development of
world nuclear power generation. However, it will give everybody,
including Russia, additional information, in order to work out extra
means of protection of the earthquake of that magnitude," Yazev said.
From: A. Papazian