Nuclear power decline ‘would lead to increased emissions’: IEA

The International Energy Agency (IEA) has warned that the decline of nuclear power in advanced economic countries would lead to an additional four billion tonnes of CO2 emissions by 2040. The warning comes in the group’s report ‘Nuclear Power in a Clean Energy System’, published 28 May. There is currently 422GW of nuclear power installed in the world, making it the second-largest source of low carbon energy in the world.
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