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India can achieve clean, affordable electricity and become net-zero by 2070 - but will need substantial nuclear power and renewable energy to do this, according to a new in-depth report prepared for the Indian government.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 06 April 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Indian-net-zero-will-need-nuclear,-report-finds
As a team at Ontario Tech University launches a new "Ontario-centric" research project to evaluate the economics and environmental impacts of low-carbon energy technologies including small modular reactors (SMRs), a new report from Canadians for Nuclear Energy says the province should "seize the moment" by building new Candu technology now.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 25 May 2023
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Ontario-urged-to-seize-the-moment-for-new-nuclear
Each kilowatt-hour (kWh) of electricity produced by EDF's reactor fleet in France emits the equivalent of less than 4 grams of carbon dioxide (CO2), according to a life cycle analysis (LCA) published by the company. The analysis shows most of these emissions occur in the upstream phases of the life cycle.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 21 June 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/EDF-study-confirms-very-low-carbon-nature-of-nucle
European nuclear trade association Foratom on 4 May released a position paper on nuclear’s role in the generation of low-carbon and hydrogen. “The EU has set itself the very ambitious target of decarbonising its economy by 2050. Achieving this will require a massive transformation of the energy, industry, transport and building sectors”, said Yves Desbazeille, Foratom Director General. “Hydrogen is one of the technologies which could help Europe reach its goals. But two challenges remain: producing real low-carbon hydrogen and expanding its use to a broad range of energy intensive sectors that need it.”
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 07 May 2021
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsforatom-promotes-the-role-of-nuclear-in-hydrogen-production-8725975
Nuclear provides a perfect solution for the generation of large quantities of low-carbon and affordable hydrogen, the European nuclear trade body Foratom said today in a position paper. This, it said, will be key as Europe aims to transform all parts of its economy, including transport and industry. The position paper makes a number of policy recommendations aimed at recognising the contribution nuclear energy can make in decarbonising such areas.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 05 May 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Foratom-highlights-nuclears-role-in-EU-hydrogen-ec
The nuclear industry has today called on the European Commission to expedite the inclusion of nuclear energy in the EU Taxonomy on Sustainable Finance, following a comprehensive assessment that nuclear energy does no more harm to human health or the environment than any other power-producing technology considered to be sustainable.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 30 March 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/EU-Taxonomy-can-move-forward-with-nuclear-JRC-find
Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) has been awarded a contract by Transport Canada to develop an assessment tool to examine clean technologies that could reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the release of other pollutants from marine vessels. CNL scientists will also examine different technologies that can be used for the production, storage and handling of hydrogen for marine vessels.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 28 October 2020
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/CNL-research-to-support-marine-sector-decarbonisat