Share with friends and circles of friends with wechat scanning QR code < / P > < p > < p > news on August 4. With the development and progress of new technologies and the growing urgency of the global response to climate change, the nuclear energy industry has begun to recover. Industry insiders said that the global demand for advanced nuclear energy is expected to be worth $1trillion

a series of devastating accidents in the early stage have affected people's enthusiasm for the development potential of nuclear energy, such as the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant accident in Pennsylvania in the United States in 1979, the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident in Ukraine in 1986, and the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident in Japan in 2011

but now, nuclear power is ushering in a second development opportunity and is expected to become an important part of the global energy network. This is mainly because nuclear power generation will not produce any greenhouse gas emissions that lead to climate change

but the most important thing is to ensure that the golden standard safety measures are adopted all over the world. Accidents anywhere may undermine the development momentum of the nuclear energy field for decades < p > global demand will reach $1trillion < / P > < p > Jennifer M. Granholm, U.S. Secretary of energy, said that nuclear power accounts for 20% of U.S. base load electricity and 50% of U.S. carbon free electricity. "This is only our current scale, not counting the expansion of nuclear power we hope to see."

in the future, nuclear reactors and nuclear power plants will certainly adopt different standards and technologies. Major laboratories and private companies in the United States are funding research on reactors that are more efficient, less costly to build and produce less waste. For example, TerraPower, a nuclear energy innovation company funded by Bill Gates, is installing advanced nuclear reactors in Wyoming

Granholm said that according to the estimation of the U.S. Department of energy, the global demand for advanced nuclear reactors will reach about $1trillion. Granholm explained that this includes jobs to build these nuclear reactors, as well as all related supply chains

Granholm said, "in the final analysis, promoting advanced nuclear energy is our top priority." "Of course, these technologies must be based on the safety and security of nuclear energy." Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said that people's views on nuclear energy have changed dramatically

"until a few years ago, nuclear energy would not appear at the annual United Nations Climate Change Conference, and might even be unpopular," Grossi said. "Now the International Atomic Energy Agency has become a very popular participant, and nuclear energy has a place in the dialogue."

the 27th United Nations climate change conference will be held in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, in November this year, and next year's conference will be held in Dubai WorldExpo City, the United Arab Emirates. The International Atomic Energy Agency plans to participate in these two meetings

Grossi said, "the discussion of nuclear energy at the United Nations Climate Conference itself shows that
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