The share of nuclear power in electricity generation in G7 countries could fall from 19% in 2020 to 12% in 2050 against a background of rapidly rising electricity demand and the retirement of many reactors, the International Energy Agency has said in a report on achieving net zero.
Nuclear could nonetheless continue to play a crucial role in reducing G7 emissions, in part through lifetime extensions for some of the existing nuclear fleet, and in part through the commercialisation of innovative technologies, such as the small modular reactors under development in several G7 countries.
Nuclear could nonetheless continue to play a crucial role in reducing G7 emissions, in part through lifetime extensions for some of the existing nuclear fleet, and in part through the commercialisation of innovative technologies, such as the small modular reactors under development in several G7 countries.
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