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Ong Khai Long, D (2021) Covid-19, Climate Change and the Role of Nuclear Power in the Transition to Renewable Energy Sources to Achieve Carbon Neutrality by 2050. Oil, Gas and Energy Law Intelligence, 19 (5). pp. 1-22. ISSN 1875-418X
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Abstract
Two significant phenomena have arguably combined to herald a potentially opportune moment for the nuclear industry. These phenomena are first, the global, Covid-19 pandemic that may have at least in part been due to the second phenomenon, namely, the ongoing climate change crisis. While pre-dating the advent of the pandemic, the climate change crisis (or emergency) is increasingly seen as inextricably linked to the pandemic’s arrival, both as a partial environmental cause for this species-jumping disease, as well as presenting an opportunity to re-set the global energy source mix. In light of these significant current events, this essay will examine the prospects for a revival of investment in the (civilian) nuclear power industry from a combination of scientific, economic, policy and legal perspectives. In doing so, it hopes to highlight the continuing viability of the nuclear industry in a post-Covid world, transitioning towards carbon neutrality.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences |
| Divisions: | Law |
| Publisher: | OGEL |
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| SWORD Depositor: | A Symplectic |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Jan 2024 14:03 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Jan 2024 14:05 |
| Editors: | Soliman Hunter, T and Acheampong, T |
| URI: | https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/22372 |
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