Nuclear slower and pricier than renewables, says anti-nuclear report

Enlarge / Indian Point nuclear plant, due to be closed in 2021. (credit: Gracelinks / Flickr)

Renewable power is capable of reducing more carbon emissions per dollar and per year than nuclear energy, according to the recently released World Nuclear Industry Status Report (WNISR). The WNISR is about the nuclear industry, not by the nuclear industry-it's actually produced by an anti-nuclear activist. Naturally, the actual-nuclear industry disagrees strongly with the report's conclusions.

While the report does reflect the reality that renewable power is now faster and cheaper to build and operate, what that means for limiting carbon emissions is substantially more complicated.

The WNISR has been compiled annually since 1992 by Mycle Schneider, along with a range of other contributors. It has consistently made the case against investing in nuclear power.

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