IEA Report: Nuclear Power and Secure Energy Transitions

This report by the International Energy Agency overviews how nuclear energy could help address two major crises – energy and climate – facing the world today. 

It examines the difficulties facing nuclear investment, particularly in advanced economies, in the areas of cost, performance, safety and waste management. The report considers the additional challenge of meeting net zero targets with less nuclear power than envisioned in the IEA Net Zero Roadmap, as well as what kind of cost targets could enable nuclear power to play a larger role in energy transitions.

Some of the contents are as follows: 

• Nuclear power in the world today
• The role of nuclear energy on the road to net zero emissions
• The competitiveness of nuclear energy
• Small modular reactors