UN chief: More nuclear accidents are likely
The world must prepare for more nuclear accidents on the scale of Chernobyl and Japan's Fukushima Dai-ichi plant, the UN chief warned Wednesday, saying that grim reality will demand sharp improvements in international cooperation,
"To many, nuclear energy looks to be a relatively clean and logical choice in an era of increasing resource scarcity. Yet the record requires us to ask painful questions: have we correctly calculated its risks and costs? Are we doing all we can to keep the world's people safe?" UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said. "The unfortunate truth is that we are likely to see more such disasters." (AP)
