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Nuclear power's contribution to global energy production was about 4% in 2023. This is a little more than wind power, which provided 3.5% of global energy in 2023. [167] Nuclear power's share of global electricity production has fallen from 16.5% in 1997, in large part because the economics of nuclear power have become more difficult. [168]
Stewart Brand at a 2010 debate, "Does the world need nuclear energy?" [31]At the 1963 ground-breaking for what would become the world's largest nuclear power plant, President John F. Kennedy declared that nuclear power was a "step on the long road to peace," and that by using "science and technology to achieve significant breakthroughs" that we could "conserve the resources" to leave the world ...
Nuclear power's lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions—including the mining and processing of uranium—are similar to the emissions from renewable energy sources. [84] Nuclear power uses little land per unit of energy produced, compared to the major renewables. Additionally, Nuclear power does not create local air pollution.
Many nations are pursuing affordable nuclear power, including ones that don’t have home-grown technology. Russia is the world’s largest exporter of nuclear energy technology. China exports, too.
Why the buildout of nuclear energy stagnated and why that could change. How Oklo is using old technology to develop new reactors. A recycled energy source that could fuel the entire United States.
In contrast to coal- or natural gas-powered power plants, nuclear power plants do not produce carbon dioxide when they are operating. Every kilowatt-hour of energy generated by a nuclear plant ...
Proponents argue that nuclear power is a sustainable energy source which reduces carbon emissions and can increase energy security if its use supplants a dependence on imported fuels. [ 52 ] [ full citation needed ] Proponents advance the notion that nuclear power produces virtually no air pollution, in contrast to the chief viable alternative ...
Nuclear power, with a 10.6% share of world electricity production as of 2013, is the second largest low-carbon power source. [19] Nuclear power, in 2010, also provided two thirds of the twenty seven nation European Union's low-carbon energy, [20] with some EU nations sourcing a large fraction of their electricity from nuclear power; for example ...