Nuclear energy: past, present and future - Julia DeWahl

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Nuclear energy: past, present and future - Julia DeWahl Nuclear energy: past, present and future Source: DALL-E Nuclear energy has been quietly producing carbon-free energy for decades, but most don’t know that it accounts for 20% of the US’s electricity and over half of its carbon-free electricity. It’s been the underdog energy source—rarely celebrated, or worse, villainized, and deeply underinvested in. The war in Ukraine and subsequent global energy crisis, alongside longstanding concern around climate change, has policymakers grappling with how to ensure energy is reliable, abundant, and c

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