The latest finding of the Nuclear Energy Technology Roadmap, published by the International Energy Agency (IEA) and the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) empahsis on the impotrtance of developing nuclear energy to combat climate change.

 It is expceted that one quarter of global electricity could be generated from nuclear power by 2050. This will be a major contribution in cutting greenhouse gas emissions. This indicated the urgent need to develop nuclear  power generation capacity to more than triple over the next 40 years. This target in the roadmap  is described as ambitious but achievable.

IEA executive director Nobuo Tanaka said, “Nuclear energy is one of the key low-carbon energy technologies that can contribute, alongside energy efficiency, renewable energies and carbon capture and storage, to the decarbonisation of electricity supply by 2050.” The roadmap finds that nuclear power is a mature, low-carbon technology that is ready to expand rapidly over the coming decades. The latest reactor designs, now under construction around the world, build on over 50 years of technology development. The roadmap notes that these designs will need to be fully established as reliable and competitive electricity generators over the next few years if they are to become the mainstays of nuclear expansion after 2020.

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