Nuclear Energy Must Be Part of the Climate Change Solution

摘要

There is an intensifying debate brewing around the world about using nuclear power as a tool to combat climate change. Some of the biggest critics have recently been arguing that nuclear power cannot be relied upon because new reactors cannot be built at the speed and volume needed to reduce our global carbon footprint. Instead, these voices argue that we should only expand renewables as they are the only carbonfree energy source that can be deployed rapidly. Naturally, there are many flaws with this argument, but first it is important for everyone to agree on the same indisputable facts.