![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But in order to do that, the world would need to bring 37 new large nuclear reactors to the grid every year from now, year on year, until 2050. © Bernd Hartung / GreenpeaceĪccording to scenarios from the World Nuclear Association and the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (both nuclear lobby organisations), doubling the capacity of nuclear power worldwide in 2050 would only decrease greenhouse gas emissions by around 4%. The site of the now decommissioned Philippsburg Nuclear Power Plant is located in Philippsburg, near Karlsruhe, Germany. Demolition of the two cooling towers of the Philippsburg nuclear power plant near the river Rhine. In order to tackle climate change, we need to reduce fossil fuels in the total energy mix well before 2050 to 0%. Nuclear energy delivers too little to matter Here are six reasons why nuclear power is not the way to a green and peaceful zero carbon future. With the costs and efficiency of renewable energy solutions improving year on year, and the effects of our rapidly changing climate accelerating across the globe, we need to take an honest look at some of the myths being perpetuated by the nuclear industry and its supporters. Among politicians and industry groups, it is consistently favoured over meaningful investment in renewable energy systems, bolstered with misleading claims of its safety, efficiency, stability, and speed of deployment. Nuclear power is often hailed as a magic bullet solution for the rapid and large-scale decarbonisation of our societies which we all know needs to happen if we have any hope of mitigating the worst effects of the unfolding climate emergency. ![]()
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