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Nuclear power has a big role to play in the energy transition. Here's why

Jul 10, 2020

Sizewell nuclear power station is seen as the sun sets on Sizewell, Suffolk in Britain, December 16, 2017. Picture taken December 16, 2017

Zero carbon, zero intermittency Image: REUTERS/Dylan Martinez

Marcello Losasso

Senior Applied Physicist, Knowledge Transfer Group, European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)

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Without nuclear energy, CO2 emissions from energy generation would be a lot worse

Without nuclear energy, CO2 emissions from energy generation would be a lot worse Image: IAEA

Grid-level system costs in the UK and US (dollars per MWh)

Grid-level system costs in the UK and US (dollars per MWh) Image: OECD, NEA

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