NNL, the UK’s national laboratory for nuclear fission, has today launched its new Strategic Plan: This is NNL. With legally binding targets in the UK to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, and more than 120 other countries moving towards the same goal, it is "impossible to overestimate the scale of the challenge ahead", NNL said.
Nuclear societies call for COP26 to support nuclear
World Nuclear News, 02 June 2021 …… They are calling on UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, COP26 President Alok Sharma and United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa to acknowledge nuclear’s crucial position alongside renewables in attaining net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
In February this year, Nuclear for Climate – a grassroots
[?] initiative published its COP26 Position Paper, titled
Net Zero Needs Nuclear.
Geraldine Thomas, well known schill for the nuclear industry
“It’s time we used scientific facts rather than urban myths to decide our future energy policy,” said Geraldine Thomas,…..
02 June 2021
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Over 100 nuclear societies around the globe have called for world leaders to follow the science and recognise that nuclear energy output must at least double by 2050 to meet global net-zero targets. The call comes ahead of the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) being held in Glasgow from 1-12 November this year.
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The societies - representing over 80,000 young professionals, engineers, scientists, nuclear experts, environmentalists and concerned citizens - agree COP26 represents a critical opportunity for world nations to come together and take action collectively, changing the way we think about climate and setting us clearly on the path towards net-zero.
05 March 2021
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Decarbonising heat will be essential for global emissions reduction efforts in the coming years, Aiden Peakman of the UK Nuclear Innovation and Research Office told a high-level joint workshop held by the International Energy Agency and the International Atomic Energy Agency. Current generation light-water reactors and next-generation advanced reactors could significantly help in decarbonising the heat sector, he said.
Aiden Peakman presenting to the IEA-IAEA workshop
It is likely that multiple technologies will need to be developed and deployed to decarbonise heat demand, but nuclear can play a part in both the industrial and domestic sectors, Peakman told the