Nuclear at Glasgow COP26

shunned at UN climate change conferences. At the COP26 summit underway in
Glasgow, however, they have been welcomed with open arms, the UN’s top
nuclear regulator told AFP. The spectre of Chernobyl and Fukushima, along
with the enduring problem of nuclear waste, kept energy generated by
splitting atoms on the sidelines, even if that energy was virtually carbon
free. But as the climate crisis deepens and the need to transition away
from fossil fuels becomes urgent, attitudes may be shifting. “Nuclear
energy is part of the solution to global warming, there’s no way around
it,” said Rafael Mariano Grossi, director general of the International
Atomic Energy Agency, in an interview. It already accounts for a quarter of
“clean”, that is, carbon-free, energy worldwide, and Mr Grossi said this
COP is the first where it has “had a seat at the table”.

 RTE 7th Nov 2021

 https://www.rte.ie/news/2021/1107/1258396-cop26-nuclear/

 France24 7th Nov 2021

 https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20211107-climate-crisis-could-give-nuclear-energy-a-second-wind