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IPCC confirms need for low-carbon nuclear to tackle climate change
Brussels, 8 October 2018: Nuclear power is essential if the world is to keep global warming to below 1.5 degrees, according to the latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Indeed, for electricity generation, the share of nuclear will need...
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Study quantifies job creation in the nuclear sector
A study on the employment generated by the nuclear energy industry has been published by the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Some 200,000 job-years of employment are created by each gigawatt of nuclear capacity...
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IPCC confirms need for low-carbon nuclear to tackle climate change
Brussels, 8 October 2018: Nuclear power is essential if the world is to keep global warming to below 1.5 degrees, according to the latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Indeed, for electricity generation, the share of nuclear will need...
read moreNewsfeed
Study quantifies job creation in the nuclear sector
A study on the employment generated by the nuclear energy industry has been published by the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Some 200,000 job-years of employment are created by each gigawatt of nuclear capacity...
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Yves Desbazeille
“Nuclear energy contributes to all key objectives of EU energy policy: decarbonisation of the electricity sector, security of supply and competitive power prices”
Yves Desbazeille, Director General, FORATOM (source: nucnet.org, 6 September 2018)
Yukiya Amano
“It will be difficult for the world to meet the challenges of securing sufficient energy, and to achieve the Paris goal of limiting the average global temperature increase to 2 degrees centigrade, without making more use of nuclear power.”
Yukiya Amano, Director General, IAEA (source: iaea.com, 18 September 2018)