Climate crisis could give nuclear energy a second wind

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It already accounts for a quarter of "clean" - that is, carbon-free - energy worldwide

      The meltdown of three reactors at Japan's Fukushima power plant in 2011 following an earthquake and a tsunami profoundly shook confidence in nuclear. The industry also has yet to find a way to dispose of nuclear waste, which remains highly radioactive for thousands of years.

statistically the technology has fewer negative consequences than many other forms of energy. It could also be a complement to renewables.

Price is also not the barrier it used to be....Countries see in smaller units a very interesting alternative, which is not in the range of billions but of hundreds of millions

Qn: Discuss the view that, with an increasing global need for energy, every possible source should be exploited to the full. (Cam. 2014)