Nuclear power
Reduce fossil fuel use by making greater use of nuclear power, for which there is a range of potential options: traditional pressurized or boiling water reactors, integral fast reactors, reprocessing, thorium based, heavy water reactors.
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Anthropogenic Climate Change »Anthropogenic Climate Change
Responding to climate change? »Responding to climate change?
Immediate action required »Immediate action required
How to reduce the risks/impact of climate change? »How to reduce the risks/impact of climate change?
Radical restructuring of the energy sector »Radical restructuring of the energy sector
Generate energy from non-fossil fuel and renewable sources »Generate energy from non-fossil fuel and renewable sources
Nuclear power
Research on nuclear fusion »Research on nuclear fusion
Baseload nuclear power enables substitution away from coal-fired power »Baseload nuclear power enables substitution away from coal-fired power
IPCC says nuclear is as low-carbon a power source as wind and solar »IPCC says nuclear is as low-carbon a power source as wind and solar
New Integral Fast Breeder Reactors represent significant advance »New Integral Fast Breeder Reactors represent significant advance
Nuclear safer than coal and oil on a deaths per gigawatt-year basis »Nuclear safer than coal and oil on a deaths per gigawatt-year basis
Bottlenecks in the supply chain »Bottlenecks in the supply chain
Nuclear power carries catastrophic risks »Nuclear power carries catastrophic risks
Risks from long-lived and lethal radioactive waste »Risks from long-lived and lethal radioactive waste
Scarce supply of skilled labour to build/operate nuclear power plants »Scarce supply of skilled labour to build/operate nuclear power plants
Substantial investment / building needed to maintain existing supply »Substantial investment / building needed to maintain existing supply
Uranium procurement is energy intensive »Uranium procurement is energy intensive
Civil nuclear power vital to climate change strategy »Civil nuclear power vital to climate change strategy
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