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Assessing nuclear phase-out

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Controversy remains as to whether nuclear power should be part of a sustainable future energy mix. Phasing out nuclear too rapidly could lead to substantial health damages from air pollution.

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Fig. 1: Electricity generation mix in 2020 for countries with nuclear power.

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  1. ZEW-Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research, Mannheim, Germany

    Sebastian Rausch

  2. Department of Economics, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany

    Sebastian Rausch

  3. Centre for Energy Policy and Economics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

    Sebastian Rausch

  4. Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA

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Rausch, S. Assessing nuclear phase-out. Nat. Clim. Chang. 12, 314–315 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-022-01336-2

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