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The rise and fall of nuclear power, in 6 charts
2014-08-01 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Vox: Nuclear power is slowly going out of style. Back in 1996, atomic energy supplied 17.6 percent of the world's electricity. Today that's down to just 10.8 percent -- and it could drop even further in the years ahead. Many reactors are closing -- and new reactors have been bogged down by delays That's according to the World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2014, which charts the rise and fall of nuclear power over time. The upshot is that significantly...
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