Nuclear power, a matter for rich countries? Not for long. While a dozen countries currently concentrate 80% of nuclear production worldwide, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, believes that the development of technologies will make possible the development of the industry all over the world. "The problem of financing has long been the Achilles' heel of developing countries. With new technologies and in particular the development of small modular reactors, they are beginning to believe in it. There are models not far from maturity, which will soon arrive on the market.
The UN Agency, which has just raised its forecasts of nuclear production capacity upwards for the first time since the Fukushima accident, sees the current period for the atom in a good light. His boss stopped at the microphone of the Express on the sidelines of the World Nuclear Exhibition in Villepinte, near Paris, to scan all the topics of the moment. Innovation, competition with renewable energies, but also security as well as the hot topic of the moment, Iranian nuclear power. Exclusive interview.
