Thursday, October 19, 2006 |
NUCLEAR POWER ATTRACTING MORE ATTENTION |
Rising oil prices and improvements in safety have led to a renewed interest in nuclear power after decades of stagnation. However, this comes at a time of confrontation with Iran, which is suspected of having a nulcear weapons program, and North Korea, which has detonated a device.
NUCLEAR CAPABILITY BY COUNTRY CANADA .. 18 USA ..... 104 MEXICO .. 2 FINLAND . 4 SWEDEN .. 10 GERMANY.. 17 UK....... 23 NETHERLANDS. 1 BELGIUM.. 7 FRANCE .. 59 SPAIN ... 9 CZECH REP.6 SLOVENIA .1 SLOVAKIA..6 LITHUANIA.1 UKRAINE...15 ARMENIA...1 ROME......1 ISRAEL....(Suspected of having nuclear bombs) BULGARIA..4 HUNGARY...4 IRAN......(Suspected of trying to build a nuclear weapon) PAKISTAN..2 INDIA.....15 RUSSIA....31 CHINA.....9 JAPAN.....56 S.KOREA...20 TAIWAN....6 N.KOREA...(Recently conducted a nuclear weapons test)
(Source: Nuclear Energy Data as of Dec. 31, 2005/International Atomic Energy Agency, Arms Control Association/CHICTRIB) |
posted by infraternam meam @ 2:11 PM |
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What about the Philippines ? ;-)