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Substantial investment / building needed to maintain existing supply

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Substantial investment / building needed to maintain existing supply
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Need to build around 250 reactors by 2025 to replace current capacity
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Nuclear power plants take on average 9 years to build
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Research on nuclear fusion
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Baseload nuclear power enables substitution away from coal-fired power
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New Integral Fast Breeder Reactors represent significant advance
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Bottlenecks in the supply chain
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Nuclear power carries catastrophic risks
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Risks from long-lived and lethal radioactive waste
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Scarce supply of skilled labour to build/operate nuclear power plants
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