Is Europe About to Push the Other Nuclear Button?

The invasion of Ukraine could be a turning point for nuclear power and carbon budgets

 
As Russia tightens the taps on its fossil fuels, and the world tries to avoid funding Putin’s brutal invasion of Ukraine, nuclear power is enjoying another day in the sun. Poland is poised to greenlight six nuclear power stations to replace aging coal-fired generators, while the UK just announced Great British Nuclear, a program to build eight new reactors and slash the country’s carbon footprint.

The nuclear option pushes all the right buttons for decarbonization, but is the technology still too pricey and politically toxic?

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Πηγή: anthropocenemagazine.org