Nuclear energy has been making a comeback recently as one of the low-carbon baseload generation options. This comeback is set to accelerate amid the Middle Eastern crisis and the oil and gas squeeze it is causing. The only problem is that nuclear capacity takes a while to build. “It was a strategic mistake for Europe to turn its back on a reliable, affordable source of low-emission power,” European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen admitted earlier this month at a nuclear energy summit in France. Von der Leyen herself had voted…
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