The energy crisis in Europe and the difficult race to reduce greenhouse gas emissions have brought nuclear energy back to the table. Most of the major economies - from the US to Europe, Japan and China - are once again betting on this type of generation in order to meet their emissions targets, in most cases by extending the life of old power plants.

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10%. Nuclear energy has the great advantage of being a firm source of generation without CO2 emissions, but with risks due to radioactivity. source of firm generation with no CO2 emissions, but with risks due to radioactivity. For this reason its share in the world's electricity generation dropped from 18% in the mid-1990s to 10% today. However, they are having a resurgence in the face of the challenges of climate change.

Source: Our World in data