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Published online 17 September 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news040913-23

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Coming clean about nuclear power

Politicians will continue to make all sorts of promises, but we will only be able to fight climate change if we address both the benefits and pitfalls of nuclear power, says Philip Ball.

Whatever other effects it has, climate change is producing some unlikely bedfellows. Right-wing parties are brandishing their green credentials, and some environmentalists have emerged as advocates of nuclear power.

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