Nuclear power is “coming back to the table” as an option for many countries and can work with renewables provide a very clear pathway to achieve carbon neutrality in 2050, the director-general of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency said during an online forum organised by Spanish industry group Foro Nuclear.
William Magwood said “nuclear is here today, nuclear works today”. He said countries are beginning to become serious about climate change and have to make real decisions and choices. “We have seen that nuclear energy is coming back to the table as an option for many countries. We are going to see more and more countries looking at nuclear power.”
Mr Magwood said continued operation of nuclear power plants has been identified as the lowest-cost clean energy production. “Countries are beginning to see this. Nuclear power is the only expandable, dispatchable, low-cost and low-carbon source of electricity. It can make a very important contribution in the future to provide a stable grid,” he said.
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