Volume : 9, Issue : 3, MAR 2023
DRA ANNUAL NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: OPPORTUNITIES & CHALLENGES
ROLE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY IN GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION: A NEW APPROACH
MAHIMA RATHORE
Abstract
Today in the world of advanced economies the prime concern for survival of the mankind is safeguarding the environment. Much of environment is exposed to greenhouse gases and carbon emissions thereby resulting in the depletion of the environment each day and climate change. The global greenhouse gases and carbon emissions is mostly by the emissions from the energy sector which is primarily generated by combustion of fossil fuels i.e. coal, natural gas and oil. The recent trends show that approximately 60% of our electricity comes from burning fossil fuels, mostly coal and natural gas. In 2020, the electricity sector was the second largest source of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, accounting for 25% of the U.S. total. The environmental depletion is not because of the economic advancement but by the absence of the effective measures to reduce the greenhouse gases emissions. Therefore with this declining trend of the environment it becomes a significant concern to conserve the environment and to deploy such technologies which not only reduces the carbon emissions but is also a sustainable energy resource. On this concern, Nuclear energy has come to the forefront to mitigate climate change because of its zero-emission clean energy source and seemingly limitless supply of energy. Today it has become the most sustainable energy source vital for achieving Sustainable development goals. This paper explores nuclear power and the effects it has on combating the environmental pollution at national and global scale and also in achieving the demands of economic development of the countries worldwide
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