Most of the world once pledged to start moving away from nuclear energy. Now, they're weighing their relationship with it against their reliance on Russia.
to meet demand. Spurred by foreign conflict and unprecedented global investment, proponents of nuclear power say its stock is rising, with the industry poised to enter a renaissance period not seen since the middle of the 20th century.
"What we're seeing now is a commitment to decarbonizing the energy sector to a degree that we just haven't seen before," said John Kotek, senior vice president of policy development and public affairs for the Nuclear Energy Institute and former acting assistant secretary for the Office of Nuclear Energy under."In the United States, more than 80 percent of U.S.
But critics say that an overreliance on nuclear energy as a catch-all solution has plenty of shortcomings and should not be seen by governments as the only solution to meeting growing international demand for energy. There is still no consensus on where to store the waste produced by nuclear power plants, with the federal government's proposed solution under Nevada's Yucca Mountain a political quagmire and proposed alternative solutions, like one short-lived proposal in Wyoming's Fremont County, going nowhere.
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