Is nuclear energy the answer to a sustainable future? Experts are divided

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Nuclear power has been touted as a proven, safe way of producing clean energy, but why isn’t it more widely adopted?Sean Gallup | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesAs the world pushes toward its goal of net-zero emissions by 2050, nuclear power has been touted as the way to bridge the energy gap — but some, like Greenpeace, have expressed skepticism, warning that it has “no place in a safe, clean, sustainable future.”Nuclear energy is not only clean. It is reliable and overcomes the intermittent nature of renewables like wind, hydro and solar power.”How do you provide cheap, reliable and pollution-free energy for a world of 8 billion people? Nuclear energy is really the only scalable version of that, renewables are not reliable,” Michael Shellenberger, founder …

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