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Nuclear power worldwide is also affected by Russia’s war in Ukraine
ENGAGE, MANIFEST Márta Vetier ENGAGE, MANIFEST Márta Vetier

Nuclear power worldwide is also affected by Russia’s war in Ukraine

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has massively disrupted global and European energy markets. While most of the attention has focused on the EU’s dependence on Russian gas and oil supplies, Russia is also at the center of global nuclear power. The current crisis could lead to shifts in supplies of nuclear technologies which reverberate for decades to come.

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Russian nuclear industry and wind power
Aleh Cherp Aleh Cherp

Russian nuclear industry and wind power

According to an article in Kommersant, a Russian business daily, Rosatom, the Russian state-owned corporation specialising in manufacturing of nuclear equipment and construction of nuclear plants is on the way to dominate Russian wind power market.

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 Renewables targeted before Fukushima
Aleh Cherp Aleh Cherp

Renewables targeted before Fukushima

In a recent letter to Nature we argue that Japan had become a world's leader in solar energy long before Fukushima. This is both good and bad news for low-carbon energy transitions. On the one hand, there is no need to wait for a nuclear disaster to develop renewable electricity. On the other hand, solar and wind energy will not magically emerge after an earthquake and a tsunami strike a nuclear power plant.

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