North America
February 21, 2022
Renewables | Nuclear Power
Visual Primer Series
Visual Primer: Nuclear Power Increasingly Viewed as Vital Resource to Support Energy Transition
The pursuit for a carbon-free grid is driving support for nuclear power with measures to sustain the existing fleet and enhance the commercial deployment of new technologies.
Nuclear power is increasingly viewed as a necessary resource to compensate for the decline in fossil fuel-based electricity in the transition towards a low-carbon future. Recent actions range from the U.S. Energy Department’s launch of a $6 billion program to sustain the existing nuclear fleet to West Virginia’s move to end a ban on nuclear plant construction and efforts to delay the closure of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant in California.
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