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Letter: Nuclear must be at heart of the carbon-free push

Published 6 September 2023

From Jon Elmendorf, Houston, Texas, US

Your latest special issue on climate change was generally fair and objective, but other than a brief parenthetical reference to China’s nuclear power programme, there was no recognition of nuclear power as a major and near-term contributor to reducing our carbon emissions. No “green” movement can be taken seriously without a full-throated endorsement of this (19 August, p 12).

Issue no. 3455 published 9 September 2023

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