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Nuclear Energy Brinkmanship in Ukraine

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That’s because stopping would cool off the operating reactors, buying the beleaguered operators time to avert nuclear meltdowns if, say, shelling sparks a station-wide blackout. It also left the plant with just one grid connection, compared with 7 preinvasion connections. Not surprisingly, Russia rejected that call.

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PwC analysis finds meeting 2 C warming target would require “unprecedented and sustained” reductions over four decades

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However, the report warns that while it may “buy some time”, it reduces the incentive for investment in lower carbon technologies such as nuclear and renewables, and could lock in emerging economies with high energy demand to a dependence on fossil fuels. Other G20 (Australia, Korea, EU, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Argentina).