Does it imply that electricity generated in nuclear power stations has become more expensive?
The increased costs, which are projected when nuclear power stations were first constructed, have raised unit production costs. Moreover, their construction costs have increased fourfold. There were 439 nuclear power stations in 31 countries as of January 2005. The electricity produced at nuclear power stations corresponds to about 16 percent of total electricity demand in the world. Moreover, world uranium resources are not likely to be sufficient to provide continuous fuel to nuclear power stations. In addition, about 70 percent of world uranium production is controlled by three corporations: COMECO (Canada), Cogema (France) and RTZ (UK). For many years, world uranium production has been lower than uranium consumption. In 2010, world uranium consumption will increase to 75,759 tons while production will drop to 24,200 tons, bringing a uranium crisis similar to the oil crisis of the 1970s. Do you think Turkey fully uses its potential for renewable energy production? As Associate Profe
