Nuclear Power, page-2

The U.N makes the case for nuclear power so very clear in this report. A few quick grabs.

• "Green finance ... should consider nuclear projects as part of their sustainable lending activities." (page 1)
• "Over the past 50 years, the use of nuclear power has reduced global CO2 emissions by about...(the equivalent) of two years global emissions. Only hydropower has (done better.)" (page 4)
• Interestingly, the U.S., a major nuclear power producer with approximate 20% of their electricity coming from nuclear, trails 13 European countries 11 of which have 30% or more of their power coming from nuclear.
• The report considers the emerging small modular reactors (SMRs) to microreactors. (page 6)
• Section 3.2 is a must read, which in my opinion, seriously questions the viability of wind and solar in energy intensive industries, ever.
• The economics of nuclear power - Section 4.
• The arbitrary 'life' of nuclear power plants is called out.
• "The nuclear industry is responsible for less than 0.1% of the radiation that most people are exposed to in their daily lives." (page 17)

I wonder what the scientific intelligentsia of Germany are thinking as the willfully ignorant Greens of each coalition government demand the abandonment of nuclear. The economics of competing in a carbon neutral world will almost certainly change that, eventually.