The climate balance of nuclear energy

Can nuclear power save the climate? Proponents of nuclear power lure with the argument of a CO2-free form of energy production. But their numbers should be treated with caution.

by Katja Maria Engel

Nuclear power is dead, long live nuclear power? It is true that in Germany the phasing out of the use of nuclear energy has long since been decided. But there are always discussions about a return to this technology. The background is the effort to focus more on low-CO2 energy sources. And that’s where nuclear power comes into play. The French energy group Areva discovered 16 years ago that electricity from…

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