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
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Responding to climate change? »Responding to climate change?
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Immediate action required »Immediate action required
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How to reduce the risks/impact of climate change? »How to reduce the risks/impact of climate change?
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Radical restructuring of the energy sector »Radical restructuring of the energy sector
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Generate energy from non-fossil fuel and renewable sources »Generate energy from non-fossil fuel and renewable sources
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Nuclear power
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Research on nuclear fusion »Research on nuclear fusion
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Baseload nuclear power enables substitution away from coal-fired power »Baseload nuclear power enables substitution away from coal-fired power
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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
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New Integral Fast Breeder Reactors represent significant advance »New Integral Fast Breeder Reactors represent significant advance
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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
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Bottlenecks in the supply chain »Bottlenecks in the supply chain
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Nuclear power carries catastrophic risks »Nuclear power carries catastrophic risks
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Risks from long-lived and lethal radioactive waste »Risks from long-lived and lethal radioactive waste
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Scarce supply of skilled labour to build/operate nuclear power plants »Scarce supply of skilled labour to build/operate nuclear power plants
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Substantial investment / building needed to maintain existing supply »Substantial investment / building needed to maintain existing supply
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Uranium procurement is energy intensive »Uranium procurement is energy intensive
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Civil nuclear power vital to climate change strategy »Civil nuclear power vital to climate change strategy
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