en The Future of Nuclear Power <div class="field field-name-body
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property="content:encoded"><p><a href="/sites/"><img alt=""
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left;" typeof="foaf:Image" src="" /></a> Nuclear power isn't
disappearing anytime soon, <a target="_blank" href="">according
to a report</a> from the International Atomic Energy Agency. By
the end of last year, nuclear accounted for about 15 percent of
electricity production worldwide, and its overall capacity will
continue to rise through 2030. </p> <p>France gets 78 percent of
its power from nuclear, and a number of Asian countries are
betting on it to meet their electricity needs. China has four
reactors under construction now, and intends to launch a five-
fold expansion by 2020. </p> <p>In the US, 103 reactors provide
nearly 20 percent of our electricity, but building a new plant
involves an uphill PR battle, due in part to