NET ZERO NUCLEAR POWER

Read more

Now is the time for action, and this action must be based on science and on facts. Because according to the best science of our day, nuclear power IS part of the solution.

Nuclear energy provides more than a quarter of the world's clean power. Over the last half century, it has avoided the release of more than 70 gigatonnes of greenhouse gases. Without nuclear power, many of the world's biggest economies would lack their main source of clean electricity. And we at the IAEA work every day to make sure that nuclear power is safe and secure.

But to achieve net-zero, we need more nuclear power.

That's the scientific consensus from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and other leading climate experts.

Read more