| dc.description.abstract | The escalation of electricity demand in a country has become an unavoidable factor. Technological development and raising people’s living standards are the main reasons for increasing electricity demand. Electricity demand in Sri Lanka has grown at an annual rate of about 6% over the past ten years. Therefore, it is important to increase the total installed capacity through appropriate power generation combinations. Clean, reliable, affordable, balanced and sustainable energy structure by giving priority for renewable energy generation while minimizing the contribution of diesel and coal is the strategy of Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL). The unreliability of renewable energy sources such as solar, wind and hydropower questions their contribution to sustainable energy mix. Concerns about environmental issues have limited the development of fossil fuel power plants. Hence, Nuclear Power Plants (NPPs) can be considered as strong and competitive candidate in Sri Lankan energy industry. Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) has included their proposal to consider nuclear power plant (NPP) in Sri Lanka after 2030. The higher plant factor, capacity, efficiency, reliability, zero or less emissions of greenhouse gases are the advantages of NPP while high capital and maintenance cost, complexity of technology, possible radiation threat are main disadvantages of NPPs. Political, social, environmental, cultural and economic bottlenecks are mainly connected with complexity of technology. There are many technologies being used for NPPs, but most of them are more complex, costly and accidents-prone. This research examines the necessity of nuclear energy to Sri Lanka with special concern on nuclear trends which are growing in Sri Lanka and all over the world. | en_US |
