HOW NUCLEAR-POWER CAN HELP TO SOLVE GLOBAL ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL-PROBLEMS

With the world population increasing, by approximately 100 million per year and average annual per capita energy consumption at 2.2 tonnes coal equivalent, fossil fuel reserves - particularly oil and gas - will be finished in only a few decades. In addition, the continued burning of fossil fuels at current rates will lead to disastrous environmental repercussions. Nuclear power, says the author, offers the only realistic way of achieving significant reductions in CO2 emissions.