Does the energy transition need new nuclear power?
Firm low-carbon power is the part of a decarbonised grid nobody has cheaply solved. Some institutions treat new nuclear as unavoidable, others as the most expensive way to buy capacity that storage will provide sooner.
12 institutions · 7 countries · 18 publications
Grouped by the country the institution sits in, because where it sits shapes what it concludes. Every title links to the institution's own page; nothing is reproduced here.
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United States
5 institutions · 9 publicationsBreakthrough Institute
- Seven More Things You Thought You Knew About Nuclear EnergyPublicationc. 19 May 2025Adam Stein
- Nuclear Energy AnalystPublicationc. 26 Apr 2023
- Make Carbon-Free Hydrogen with Nuclear Energy?Commentaryc. 21 Feb 2024Matthew L. Wald
- Advanced Nuclear Energy Is In TroubleCommentaryc. 28 Nov 2023Adam Stein
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- The Narrow Field of Options for Safely Managing Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power PlantPublication10 Mar 2023
- The Ukraine War’s Lingering Nuclear Power DangerPublication21 Feb 2023
Foreign Policy Institute
- Turning Tides: Climate Change Watershed Prompts Reevaluation of Nuclear Energy and Deep-Sea Mining — SAIS Foreign Policy InstitutePublication25 Mar 2024James Borton
Mackinac Center for Public Policy
- It’s time Michigan accepts nuclear power to meet its net-zero emission goalCommentary23 Sept 2026
Rhode Island Center for Freedom and Prosperity
- New England Governors Summit Praised for Following Center’s Report Recommendation to Pursue Nuclear PowerReport30 Sept 2026RI Center for Freedom
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United Kingdom
2 institutions · 3 publicationsInternational Institute for Strategic Studies
- Nuclear power and proliferation in the Gulf region with Amnah IbraheemPublication1 Oct 2024
- Transcript: Nuclear power and proliferation in the Gulf region with Amnah IbraheemPublication1 Oct 2024
Energy Transitions Commission
- Nuclear energy could double by 2050, but AI-driven power demand does not change the economic casePublication6 Oct 2026Elizabeth Lam
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Indonesia
1 institution · 2 publicationsEconomic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia
- Summary of Project on Organising a Workshop to Promote Stakeholder Involvement in Host Municipalities of Nuclear Power PlantsReport14 Nov 2024Venkatachalam Anbumozhi, Junichi Ogasawara, Kazuki Yamamoto, Kenji Kimura
- Summary of Project on Organising a Workshop to Promote Stakeholder Involvement in Host Municipalities of Nuclear Power PlantsReport14 Nov 2024Venkatachalam Anbumozhi, Junichi Ogasawara, Kazuki Yamamoto, Kenji Kimura
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Belgium
1 institution · 1 publications05
Canada
1 institution · 1 publicationsMacdonald-Laurier Institute
- Supporting nuclear energy is great—but it’s not Ottawa’s place to pick Canada’s nuclear winners: Heather Exner-Pirot in The HubPublication10 Aug 2026Skander Belouizdad
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Germany
1 institution · 1 publicationsEuropean Council on Foreign Relations
- Can Europe become a nuclear power?Report3 Sept 2018Manuel Lafont Rapnouil, Tara Varma, Nick Witney
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