OPINION | Nuclear power is not the answer to the Earth’s energy crisis - It is too slow and too expensive to compete with energy-efficiency measures and renewable energy
Just as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has highlighted Europe’s dangerous dependence on fossil fuels, increasingly frequent and intense climate-driven weather events are highlighting the death and destruction that fossil-fuel dependence has wrought.
Consider nuclear power. With many countries and companies now giving this option a second look, the 2022While the last 12 months may be remembered as a turning point for the broader energy sector, it won’t be because of the nuclear industry. Nuclear energy’s share of global commercial gross electricity generation in 2021 dropped to 9.8%, which is its first dip below 10% in four decades, barely more than half its peak of 17.5% in 1996.
In 2021, total investments in non-hydro renewables hit a record $366 billion, adding an unprecedented 257GW to electricity grids, whereas operating nuclear capacityby 0.4GW. Only six new reactors were connected to the grid that year, and half of these were in China. For the first time, the WNISR also assesses the risks of nuclear power and war. There has been significant international concern about Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which has been occupied by Russian forces since 4 March 2022.
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