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• It ’ s effective Unlike solar , hydro and wind power , nuclear energy works 24 hours a day and regardless of the daily weather conditions . Although , as evidenced by the 2011 Fukushima disaster , nuclear power is dependent on stable environmental conditions .
• Low carbon footprint A nuclear reactor does not emit greenhouse gas whilst in operation . It also takes up less space than other forms of renewable energy , such as solar panel fields .
• It ’ s an almost renewable energy The energy reserves of gas , coal and oil are expected to be entirely depleted by the mid-century .
According to the Nuclear Energy Agency , the world has approximately 200 years of uranium left , without which , nuclear power plants cannot survive .
Nuclear energy is not an official form of renewable energy , as a core ingredient will run out .
But nuclear power can support humanity over the next two centuries .
By 2200 , renewable energy manufacturing and production in solar , hydro and wind energy will hopefully have advanced enough to sufficiently support the planet without nuclear power .
108 November 2021