JULY 2020 - Nuclear Power: Today’s Climate Change Solution or Tomorrow’s Predicament?

JULY 2020 - Nuclear  Power: Today’s Climate Change Solution or Tomorrow’s Predicament?

With substantially lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions than fossil fuel-generated electricity, nuclear power has received new attention as one measure to lower global GHG emissions and help mitigate climate change. While there is mounting urgency to develop and deploy carbon-free energy technologies, it is important to consider related environmental, health, and safety risks regardless of those technologies. Is the U.S., and indeed the world, prepared to deal with the unique risks and challenges that nuclear energy presents in return for its carbon benefits?

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