Nuclear is also very green.
Another time.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_phase-out
A
nuclear power phase-out is the discontinuation of usage of
nuclear power for energy production. Often initiated because of
concerns about nuclear power, phase-outs usually include shutting down
nuclear power plants and looking towards
fossil fuels and
renewable energy.
Three nuclear accidents have influenced the discontinuation of nuclear power: the 1979
Three Mile Island partial nuclear meltdown in the United States, the 1986
Chernobyl disaster in the USSR, and the 2011
Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan.
Following the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, Germany has permanently shut down eight of its 17 reactors and pledged to close the rest by the end of 2022.
[2] Italy voted overwhelmingly to keep their country non-nuclear.
[3] Switzerland and Spain have banned the construction of new reactors.
[4]Japan’s prime minister has called for a dramatic reduction in Japan’s reliance on nuclear power.
[5] Taiwan’s president did the same.
Shinzō Abe, the prime minister of Japan since December 2012, announced a plan to re-start some of the 54 Japanese nuclear power plants (NPPs) and to continue some NPP sites under construction.
[6]
As of 2016, countries including
Australia,
Austria,
Denmark,
Greece,
Ireland,
Italy,
Latvia,
Liechtenstein,
Luxembourg,
Malaysia,
Malta,
New Zealand,
Norway,
Philippines, and
Portugal have no nuclear power stations and remain opposed to nuclear power.
[7][8] Belgium,
Germany,
Spain and
Switzerlandare
phasing-out nuclear power.
[8][9][10][11] Globally, more nuclear power reactors have closed than opened in recent years but overall capacity has increased.
[10]
Italy is the only country that has permanently closed all of its functioning nuclear plants.
Lithuania and
Kazakhstan have shut down their only nuclear plants, but plan to build new ones to replace them, while
Armenia shut down its only nuclear plant but subsequently restarted it.
Austria never used its first nuclear plant that was completely built. Due to financial, politic and technical reasons
Cuba,
Libya,
North Korea and
Poland never completed the construction of their first nuclear plants (although North Korea and Poland plan to).
Azerbaijan,
Georgia,
Ghana,
Ireland,
Kuwait,
Oman,
Peru,
Singapore,
Venezuela have planned, but not constructed their first nuclear plants. Between 2005 and 2015 the global production of nuclear power declined by 0.7%.
[12]
The picture is very correct.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elect...:U.S._2014_Electricity_Generation_By_Type.png
Here in my country, ~50% of the electricity is generated in Thermal power stations using coal.
~30% of the electricity is generated in Nuclear power plant.
And only ~7% comes from Renewable energy sources.
