The nuclear crisis in Japan's Fukushima plant after the earthquake and tsunami of 11 March in the Asian nation, and sowed fear throughout the world raised the old debate on whether nuclear energy. In Latin America, the controversy has been revived in a region where Brazil, Argentina and Mexico have nuclear plants, and the first two are under construction of new plants.
In the case of Argentina, experts are divided. Some raised concerns about the seismicity of the country and the age of the plants, but some people downplay the importance of these factors. In 1968 construction began on the country's first nuclear power plant, Atucha I, on the banks of the Parana River, began operation in 1974.
Atucha II is still under construction and was scheduled to start operating this year. The other nuclear plant in the country is the Embalse de Rio Tercero, in the province of Cordoba in the center of the country, which is considered the most important in South America. These two plants generated 6.2% of the country's power supply.
According to Juan Carlos Villalonga, head of Greenpeace Argentina, "Dam is also in a seismic zone and demand additional risks because they need repairs almost artisanal." But Ricardo Touzet, a scientist at the National Atomic Energy Commission (CNEA), "is impossible in a disaster Argentina and Japan." "Dam is built in a earthquake, with a tremendous study of seismicity (...) In addition, the Department of Structures of the Universidad Nacional de Cordoba made a thorough study of the plant, the building and all the elements." Amid the controversy, the Government of Cristina Fernandez plans to start Atucha III, to be carried out under cooperation programs with Canada, Russia and France.
In Brazil, where 3.1% of total electricity supply in the country is generated by atomic energy, through two operating nuclear plants and more under construction, there is debate whether to continue betting on the nuclear momentum of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, or rethink the policy.
The two plants in operation are the Almirante Álvaro Alberto Central, known as Angra Nuclear Power Station, connected since 1982. Eighteen years later, became operational Angra II and the third is under construction. In the United States Government is trying to keep afloat the ambitious nuclear project undertaken by the administration of Barack Obama.
The reactor building is in the dormant since March 1979 accident at Three Mile plant, Pennsylvania, where one of the reactors affected just over 25,000 people. Since his arrival, President Obama announced his intention to promote "a new generation of cleaner and safer nuclear plants." Thus, it injected new money and impetus to the industry with the hope of securing the country's energy independence.
Following the incident in Fukushima, Obama ordered a review of all plants, while insisting the importance to its energy future. Japan said it would take months to stop the leakage of radiation from a nuclear plant hit by a powerful earthquake and tsunami, while its citizens believe that a coalition would better handle the crisis.
An adviser to Prime Minister Naoto Kan said the government's priority is to stop radiation leaks that are terrorizing the public. "How much will be achieved? I think that several months would be a goal, "said Goshi Hosono, ruling party lawmaker and adviser to Kan. Faced with the prolonged crisis, about two-thirds of Japanese voters believe the ruling Democratic Party should form a coalition with the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP for its acronym in English), showed a Yomiuri newspaper survey.
Under the impact of the recent accident at the nuclear plant in Fukushima, the international community held in Vienna from the fifth meeting today to review the Convention on Nuclear Safety (CSN). 
In the case of Argentina, experts are divided. Some raised concerns about the seismicity of the country and the age of the plants, but some people downplay the importance of these factors. In 1968 construction began on the country's first nuclear power plant, Atucha I, on the banks of the Parana River, began operation in 1974.
Atucha II is still under construction and was scheduled to start operating this year. The other nuclear plant in the country is the Embalse de Rio Tercero, in the province of Cordoba in the center of the country, which is considered the most important in South America. These two plants generated 6.2% of the country's power supply.
According to Juan Carlos Villalonga, head of Greenpeace Argentina, "Dam is also in a seismic zone and demand additional risks because they need repairs almost artisanal." But Ricardo Touzet, a scientist at the National Atomic Energy Commission (CNEA), "is impossible in a disaster Argentina and Japan." "Dam is built in a earthquake, with a tremendous study of seismicity (...) In addition, the Department of Structures of the Universidad Nacional de Cordoba made a thorough study of the plant, the building and all the elements." Amid the controversy, the Government of Cristina Fernandez plans to start Atucha III, to be carried out under cooperation programs with Canada, Russia and France.
In Brazil, where 3.1% of total electricity supply in the country is generated by atomic energy, through two operating nuclear plants and more under construction, there is debate whether to continue betting on the nuclear momentum of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, or rethink the policy.
The two plants in operation are the Almirante Álvaro Alberto Central, known as Angra Nuclear Power Station, connected since 1982. Eighteen years later, became operational Angra II and the third is under construction. In the United States Government is trying to keep afloat the ambitious nuclear project undertaken by the administration of Barack Obama.
The reactor building is in the dormant since March 1979 accident at Three Mile plant, Pennsylvania, where one of the reactors affected just over 25,000 people. Since his arrival, President Obama announced his intention to promote "a new generation of cleaner and safer nuclear plants." Thus, it injected new money and impetus to the industry with the hope of securing the country's energy independence.
Following the incident in Fukushima, Obama ordered a review of all plants, while insisting the importance to its energy future. Japan said it would take months to stop the leakage of radiation from a nuclear plant hit by a powerful earthquake and tsunami, while its citizens believe that a coalition would better handle the crisis.
An adviser to Prime Minister Naoto Kan said the government's priority is to stop radiation leaks that are terrorizing the public. "How much will be achieved? I think that several months would be a goal, "said Goshi Hosono, ruling party lawmaker and adviser to Kan. Faced with the prolonged crisis, about two-thirds of Japanese voters believe the ruling Democratic Party should form a coalition with the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP for its acronym in English), showed a Yomiuri newspaper survey.
Under the impact of the recent accident at the nuclear plant in Fukushima, the international community held in Vienna from the fifth meeting today to review the Convention on Nuclear Safety (CSN).
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