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Climate Change and the Role of Nuclear Power

Proceedings of an International Conference Held in Vienna, Austria, 7–11 October 2019

Proceedings Series - International Atomic Energy Agency

English STI/PUB/1916 ¦ 978-92-0-120120-1

216 pages ¦ 13 figures ¦ € 30.00 ¦ Date published: 2020

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To address the challenges posed by climate change, and to achieve the goals established in the 2015 Paris Agreement, nuclear power has been identified to have great potential to contribute to the 1.5°C climate change mitigation target. This topical conference on climate change and the role of nuclear power, the first of its kind, served as a unique forum for exchanging science-based information on the role of nuclear power in supporting the low carbon energy transformation and for conducting objective discussions on the opportunities and challenges of safe, secure and safeguarded nuclear technology development. The major themes of the conference covered energy and climate change policies, implications for the power sector, environmental perspectives and potential roles of existing, evolutionary and innovative nuclear power systems, including the integration of nuclear/renewable energy systems. In addition to nuclear power’s interim and long term contributions, some strategic and cross-cutting issues relating to public perception, regulations, markets and finance were also addressed. These proceedings provide a summary of the different plenary, technical and side event sessions as well as the full text of the speeches delivered in the opening, closing and high-level plenary sessions of the conference.

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Keywords

Climate Change, Nuclear Power, Challenges, Paris Agreement, Mitigation Target, Topical Conference, International Conference, Vienna, Austria, Low Carbon, Energy, Safe, Secure, Safeguarded, Nuclear Technology, Policy, Innovative Nuclear Power, Renewable Energy Systems, Renewable Energy, Finance, Regulations, Markets, Public Perception, GHGs, Greenhouse Gases, Emissions, Sustainable Development, Sustainability, SDGs, Sustainable Development Goals, Global Warming, Proceedings, Plenary Session, Ministerial Conference, Member States, Energy Policies, Financial Instruments, Carbon Investments, Safety, Security, Statistics, UNFCCC, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

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