Energetyka jądrowa wobec globalnych problemów bezpieczeństwa energetycznego i zmian klimatu w XXI wieku
The nuclear energy towards the global problems of the energy security and climate change in the 21th century

Summary/Abstract: Climate change is now the biggest threat and challenge for humanity and nuclear energy as non-emission source of energy (without greenhouse gases emissions including carbon dioxide) fits perfectly in efforts taken by the international community to tackle the global warming. The increased concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere as a result of energy production can lead to major changes in ecosystems in the world. Therefore, the energy sector and particularly the electricity production sector, needs to undergo major changes. Among technologies that could contribute to the reduction of GHG emissions nuclear power can play a key role in the transformation of energy sources and the popularization of low carbon energy sources in the twenty-first century. The article attempts to explain why and to what extent nuclear power can reduce global GHG emissions and impact on the negative climate change processes.

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