Nuclear energy is a clean, safe, reliable and competitive energy source. It is the only
source of energy that can replace a significant part of the fossil fuels (coal, oil and
gas) which massively pollute the atmosphere and contribute to the greenhouse effect.
If we want to be serious about climate change and the end of oil, we must promote the
more efficient use of energy, we must use renewable energies – wind and solar –
wherever possible, and adopt a more sustainable life style. But this will not be nearly
enough to slow the accumulation of atmospheric CO2, and satisfy the needs of our
industrial civilization and the aspirations of the developing nations. Nuclear power
should be deployed rapidly to replace coal, oil and gas in the industrial countries, and
eventually in developing countries
An intelligent combination of energy conservation, and renewable energies for local
low-intensity applications, and nuclear energy for base-load electricity production, is
the only viable way for the future.
Tomorrow’s nuclear electric power plants will also provide power for electric
vehicles for cleaner transportation. With the new high temperature reactors we will be
able to recover fresh water from the sea and support hydrogen production.
We believe that the opposition of some environmental organizations to civilian
applications of nuclear energy will soon be revealed to have been among the greatest
mistakes of our times.