Russia-Ukraine war may increase support for nuclear energy despite power plant scares, advocates say

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Despite scares at Ukraine's nuclear power plants during Russia's invasion, advocates say the threat to international energy security may increase interest in nuclear energy.

The comments come after multiple scares about the safety of Ukraine's nuclear sites in the first two weeks of Russia's invasion, including a power failure at the defunct Chernobyl plant Wednesday.

But the Russia-Ukraine war is also renewing a focus on energy security in the West — including in the role nuclear power can play in that, according to Nuclear Energy Institute senior vice president for policy development and public affairs John Kotek. Steam billows from stacks at the Naughton Power Plant, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022 in Kemmerer, Wyoming.

 

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