Climate Change is Boosting Nuclear Power. Where Uranium Fits In - 2021

Nuclear Power Industry

Saefong reported in early September, 2021 that over 10 years ago, an incident in Japan cast a shadow on the future for nuclear energy and the uranium used to fuel it, [but not a "disaster": no one died, no one was irradiated, although tens of thousands died becasue of the tsunami]] But global efforts to reduce carbon emissions have revived interest in the power source. Nuclear energy has moved back into the spotlight, with climate change an increasing worry.

“There are only a few options to produce electricity without releasing CO₂,” and these include nuclear, says Jonathan Hinze, president at nuclear-fuel consultancy UxC. It is “almost impossible” to see how decarbonization can be achieved without inclusion of nuclear power, he says.