1、ISSUE BRIEFThe Atlantic Council Global Energy Center develops and promotes pragmatic and nonpartisan policy solutions designed to advance global energy security,enhance economic opportunity,and accelerate pathways to net-zero emissions.MAY 2025Kemal PasamehmetogluUS nuclear energy leadership:The Uni
2、ted States role in managing the nuclear fuel cycleIntroductionNuclear energy is indispensable in an energy-secure world with growing ener-gy demand and,in the next few decades,considerable growth is expected in nuclear energy usage globally.Many recent papers and reports by various energy agencies h
3、ave explored the role of nuclear energy in an energy-secure world.1 Not surprisingly,there is no consensus among the various assessments about the exact magnitude of nucle-ar generation needed to meet the growing clean energy demand.Announcements at the COP28 conference in late 2023 focused on tripl
4、ing global nuclear energy capacity by mid-century to about 1000 gigawatts electrical(GWe).2 Other studies argue that much larger nuclear energy capacity up to 6000 giga-watts(GW)by mid-century is needed if the role of renewables in the electricity grid is constrained and nuclear power is used for de
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