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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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MIT Energy study says nuclear is essential in climate change fight
MIT Energy Initiative has released a study on the future of nuclear energy that says the effective incorporation of nuclear into nations’ future energy mixes is imperative in the fight against climate change.
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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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MIT Energy study says nuclear is essential in climate change fight
MIT Energy Initiative has released a study on the future of nuclear energy that says the effective incorporation of nuclear into nations’ future energy mixes is imperative in the fight against climate change.
read more
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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)