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Europe Rethinks Nuclear Power As Longer-Term Fix To Market, Climate, Security Challenges

Sebastian Zank & Anne Grammatico (Scope Ratings) |New investment in nuclear power could help Europe stabilise diminishing supplies of baseload electricity as coal and old nuclear power stations close – without relying just on natural gas as an alternative – but only in the longer term. Nuclear reactors with a total capacity of more than 20 GW are scheduled for decommissioning by 2030. Europe had a double energy challenge – even…