Only nuclear energy can save the planet

摘要

(nei) Nuclear energy is key to any effort to protect the climate, so we must take action to support it, say Joshua Goldstein and Staffan Qvist in The Wall Street Journal. In their op-ed, Goldstein and Qvist urge that nuclear's ability to scale quickly to meet worldwide demand and produce carbon-free power around-the-clock, regardless of the weather, offers the best means to reduce emissions as soon as possible. They also argue that opposition to nuclear is based more in preconceptions than in fact, debunking several common arguments against nuclear energy.