Nuclear power, an ally of the climate?
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The Blayais nuclear power station (Gironde, France).
© Pierre-Alain Dorange / Wikimedia.org
By: Romain Auzouy
1 min
The nuclear industry is on the rise.
It is growing almost everywhere in the world: in Asia, South America, the Middle East, Africa.
The United States and France have renewed their commitments in favor of this energy.
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And one of the first arguments put forward to justify this comeback is the fight against global warming.
Nuclear power emits few greenhouse gases.
But opponents of the atom do not fail to point out the flaws in nuclear power: the risk of accident, or the delicate question of radioactive waste.
Does the climate emergency require the development of nuclear power?
What alternatives to achieve environmental objectives?
To discuss it
:
- Nicolas Nace
, campaign manager, energy transition at Greenpeace
- Ludovic Dupin
, director of information at the French Nuclear Energy Society (SFEN)
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