Asia and Africa turn to nuclear power as Iran war sparks energy crisis

NewsWorldAsiaAsia and Africa turn to nuclear power as Iran war sparks energy crisisThere are 31 countries that use nuclear power, which provides about 10 per cent of global electricityAllan Olingo & Anton L. DelgadoFriday 17 April 2026 09:50 BSTBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":true,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"CF1:2959541To1","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/iran-war-nuclear-power-asia-africa-b2959640.html","title":"Asia and Africa turn to nuclear power as Iran war sparks energy crisis"}}open image in gallery{"id":"trigger-autogallery-23052","index":0}Fishermen tether a boat on the shore near the Madras Atomic Power Station, a nuclear power facility, at Kalpakkam, in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu (Associated Press)For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsEmail*SIGN UPI would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice{"className":"sc-1ge0fwe-0","newsletterData":{"regSourceNewsletter":"IND_Breaking_Newsletter","regTitle":"Breaking News","subscriptionGroup":"breaking_news","subscriptionGroupId":"ea81aa66-1d12-4313-9b4e-6f20b0117b8f","type":"breaking_news","pathPrefix":["/news/uk/crime","/news/world","/topic/race","/topic/racism","/topic/race-and-ethnicity","/topic/diversity","/topic/ethnic-minorities","/topic/muslim","/topic/black","/topic/black-british","/topic/african-americans","/topic/systemic-racism","/topic/bame"],"title":"For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails","mobileTitle":"Sign up to our free breaking news emails","imageSrc":"https://static.independent.co.uk/sta...