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In most countries majority of citizens supported operations of existing nuclear power plants but opinions were divided on construction of new ones, with minority calling for shut down of existing power plants. Across all countries, 38% were in support of expansion of nuclear power and 47% opposed. [10]
A “nuclear-level catastrophe” at a nuclear power plant would leave the public with uninsurable property loss, astronomical clean-up costs and, more importantly, the very real human costs ...
When commercial nuclear power was first developed in the 1950s and 1960s, governments were seduced by its seemingly unlimited potential. ... Opinions about nuclear power remain highly polarised ...
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 ...
With the damage wrought by these two hurricanes very much in mind, appreciating the power of fission (nuclear) and fusion (thermonuclear weapons) is important given Iran’s activities and China's ...
Biden’s new Nuclear Employment Guidance, despite all the hopeful explanations afterward, suggests that the era of arms control is fast ending. Welcome to the world’s next arms race.
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]
Mark Toth and Jonathan Sweet, Opinion Contributors. December 12, 2024 at 4:00 AM. ... Absent alternatives, Putin might fully aid and abet Iran in becoming a nuclear power.