The New Nuclear Fever, Debunked

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The New Nuclear Fever, Debunked

QUOTE: "Politicians who push small reactors raise false hopes that splitting atoms can make a real dent in the climate crisis."

Andrew Nikiforuk - September 22, 2025 - The Tyee

EXCERPT: "Even the 2024 World Nuclear Status Industry Report offers a reality check. It reports that apart from new reactors built in China (almost all over budget), “the promise of nuclear” has “never materialized.” It adds that there is no global nuclear renaissance and likely won’t be one. Furthermore, the report pours cold water on the ability of SMRs, a nascent technology, to play any significant role in reducing carbon emissions.

That is not to say that nuclear technology won’t play a minor role in our highly problematic energy future. But what nuclear power can’t do is as luminous as a radium dial. Due to its cost and complexity, it will not provide cheap or low-emission electricity in timeframe or scale that matters as climate change continues to broil an indifferent civilization. . . . . "

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