Description: The report assesses nuclear energy’s role in the transformation to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. It contrasts top-down net-zero pathways from five integrated assessment models with a comprehensive bottom-up review of national programmes, including newcomer countries, and benchmarks these against the COP28/29 pledge to triple nuclear capacity. It further analyses system requirements in renewables-dominated grids, climate-change risks to plant reliability, and a harmonised cradle-to-grave environmental footprint of nuclear power across 40 regional life-cycle chains (2020 and 2030). Severe-accident impacts and proliferation risks are discussed, and life-cycle costs and GHG abatement costs of new nuclear (incl. SMRs) are compared with wind and solar.
Global identifier:
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"10.60810/openumwelt-8212",
)
Tags: Atomstrom ? Umweltauswirkung ? Treibhausgasneutralität ? Wind ? Ökobilanz ? Small Modular Reactor ? Kernenergie ? Reaktorsicherheit ? Ökologischer Fußabdruck ? Treibhausgasminderung ? Risikoanalyse ? Benchmarking ? Klimawirkung ? 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik ? Klima | Energie ?
License: DCAT-AP.de Sonstige geschlossene Lizenz
Language: Englisch/English
Issued: 2026-01-01
Last harvest: 26.06.2026 07:14
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