The world entered the age of nuclear power in the 1950s, and the energy crises of the 1970s led to a spate of construction of new plants and increased dependence on nuclear power in many countries.
一九五○年代，全球開啟了核能世紀，七○年代的石油危機，更造成各國對核能的依賴增加，大量興建核能電廠。