The United States of America nuclear energy leadership challenge

Abstract

The article examines the nuclear energy sphere in the contemporary world. The authors pay attention to the United States of America because this country is the leader in the nuclear market. Using the methods of comparative analysis, they investigated the main causes that affected the transformation of this type of energy in the world. The key result of the study is the fact of the slow declining of nuclear sphere in the United States of America. Some factors impact to this trend. They are an ecological and technological disasters, and cruel competition among leading countries as France, Russia and China. In addition, the article noticed the nuclear policy of Kazakhstan. Its aim is to construct the first atomic station in cooperation with France.