Sep 29, 2003, 7:45 PM

Iran Requiring Nuclear Energy Anyway

TEHRAN Sept. 29 (Mehr News Agency) – Although Iran has access to natural resources such as oil, gas, and coal mines, it does not mean that we lost our right to use atomic energy, Mahdi Asali head of Iran’s International Energy Research Association (IERA) said here Sunday.

Economically speaking, the variety of energy resources in a country is considered as a justifiable way for saving state funds, Asali said.

 

“This has been a successful experience in the developed world.”

 

Countries like USA, Russia, France, Switzerland, Germany and Japan meet a huge amount of their energy requirements from nuclear power plants, he said adding that since uranium and coal, which are used to produce atomic energy, are non-renewable, it seems logical to maintain such resources. 

 

The world would experience a progressive increase in its fossil fuel consumption by the year 2020, Asali predicted.

 

“The use of new energies is also estimated to be doubled by then,” he added.

 

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