Do you think that the generation of nuclear energy is good enough to handle the existing climate change crisis? Critically analyse (200 Words)
Refer - Indian Express
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KEY POINTS
· The latest figures on global carbon dioxide emissions call into question the world’s efforts to tackle the climate crisis.
· CO2 emissions are set to soar 4.9% in 2021, compared with the previous year, according to a study published earlier this month by the Global Carbon Project (GCP).
· Nuclear energy is also responsible for greenhouse gas emissions. In fact, no energy source is completely free of emissions, but more on that later.
· New power plants, for example, generate more CO2 during construction than those built in previous decades, due to stricter safety regulations.
· If the entire life cycle of a nuclear plant is included in the calculation, nuclear energy certainly comes out ahead of fossil fuels like coal or natural gas.
· Due to the high costs associated with nuclear energy, it also blocks important financial resources that could instead be used to develop renewable energy.
· During the world’s increasingly hot summers, several nuclear power plants have already had to be temporarily shut down or taken off the grid.
· In the last 20 years, 95 nuclear power plants have gone online and 98 have been shut down. If we take China out of the equation, the number of nuclear power plants has shrunk by 50 reactors in the last two decades.
CIBI SIDDHARTH 3 years
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Manish 3 years
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Susmitha T 3 years
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K. V. A 3 years
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