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Reply to: Nuclear power and renewable energy are both associated with national decarbonization

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The Original Article was published on 27 January 2022

The Original Article was published on 05 October 2020

replying to H. Fell et al. Nature Energy https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-021-00964-w (2021).

We thank Fell et al.1 for their additional analyses based on our correlative study “Differences in carbon emissions reduction between countries pursuing renewable electricity versus nuclear power”2. We appreciate the general goal and spirit of their undertaking.

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  1. Fell, H., Gilbert, A., Jenkins, J. D. & Mildenberger, M. Nuclear power and renewable energy are both associated with national decarbonization. Nat. Energy https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-021-00964-w (2021).

  2. Sovacool, B. K., Schmid, P., Stirling, A., Walter, G. & MacKerron, G. Differences in carbon emissions reduction between countries pursuing renewable electricity versus nuclear power. Nat. Energy 11, 928–935 (2020).

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  1. Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU), School of Business, Management, and Economics, University of Sussex, Sussex, UK

    Benjamin K. Sovacool, Andy Stirling & Gordon MacKerron

  2. ISM International School of Management GmbH, München, Germany

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  3. RWU Ravensburg-Weingarten University of Applied Sciences, Weingarten, Germany

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B.K.S. and A.S.: conceptualization; investigation; methodology; project administration; supervision; validation; writing, reviewing and editing of manuscript. P.S. and G.W.: conceptualization; data curation; formal analysis; methodology; validation; visualization; writing, reviewing and editing of manuscript. G.M.: writing, reviewing and editing of manuscript.

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Sovacool, B.K., Schmid, P., Stirling, A. et al. Reply to: Nuclear power and renewable energy are both associated with national decarbonization. Nat Energy 7, 30–31 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-021-00965-9

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