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- Better production figures, fewer unplanned outages and increased average annual availability, which grew from 70% in 1989 to 78% in 1996.
- The UN Population Division projects that world population will increase from 6 billion in 1999 to between 7.9 and 11.9 billion by 2050.
- According to projections by the World Energy Council, even with substantial research support and subsidies, non-traditional, renewable resources will grow to no more than 3–6% of global energy supply by 2020.
- In 1998, 36 nuclear power plants were under construction: 14 in Eastern Europe; 12 in the Far East; seven in the Middle East and South Asia; two in Latin America; one in Western Europe (France).
- Database and Methodology for the Comparative Assessment of Different Energy Chains and Conversion Technology Options.
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Future of Nuclear Power - The Role of the IAEA