Investing in nuclear energy over renewable source may be wrong: Here's why

Electricity generated by nuclear power plants, wind turbines and solar panels results in negligible greenhouse gas emissions, even when their manufacture, construction and maintenance is taken into account. To the casual observer, nuclear power and renewables might appear to be equally desirable in the effort to decarbonise energy systems. But in fact, there are major differences. A paper published in Nature Energy recently suggested that countries investing in nuclear power don’t reduce their greenhouse gas emissions compared to those which invest in renewable energy instead.