Challenges and opportunities for the development of world nuclear power

Before the end of 2004, the development of nuclear power shows a state of renaissance in the scope of the whole world. Russia and some countries and regions of Asia continue to construct nuclear power plants positively, and the attitude to nuclear power in the America and some European countries have changed as well, who have begun to make some relevant plans. In the next decade, the nuclear power will have a long-term, continuous and stable development. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) considers to investigate and solve problems in nuclear power development in the whole world as the most urgent task and significant assurance for its continuous development. (authors)