US, UK to Push Pledge to Triple Nuclear Power by 2050 at COP28 | Countries to support new tech, like small modular reactors
US, UK to Push Pledge to Triple Nuclear Power by 2050 at COP28 | Countries to support new tech, like small modular reactors
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US, UK to Push Pledge to Triple Nuclear Power by 2050 at COP28
The US will lead a push at the COP28 climate summit to triple the amount of installed nuclear power capacity globally by 2050, marking a major turnaround for the controversial technology at the climat...
For this to actually happen, it's going to require a major drop in the cost of nuclear power. To some extent, pushing nothing-but-nuclear has been a fossil fuel industry strategy because those high costs and long lead times mean that it's not actually getting built.