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Nuclear capacity is expected to rise by 14% by 2030 and surge by 76% to 686 GWe by 2040, the report said

This is only good news if it displaces thermal coal and gas generating stations.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Unfortunately, there is. Let’s think about the situation in China or India.

They already have plenty of coal power, and the need for energy keeps on growing. If they replace coal with nuclear, their energy production can grow that way, but it’s goin to re quire lots of investments. However, in a situation like that there’s little incentive to do so when you can just keep your coal power running and build more nuclear to meet the energy needs of the country.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Maybe if China had access to more oil they could switch to natural gas like the West did...