WRITE YOUR OPINION ON IMPORTANCE OF ATOMIC ENERGY IN TODAY'S ERA.
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Nuclear power provides over 10% of the world's electricity, and 18% of electricity in OECD countries. Almost all reports on future energy supply from major organisations suggest an increasing role for nuclear power as an environmentally benign way of producing reliable electricity on a large scale.
The global leaders especially in the developing and least developed countries are facing challenges to improve energy access to modern energy at affordable price in a sustainable and responsible manner without sacrificing economic growth and social development.
Emerging economies like China and India have suddenly thrown their weight behind ‘fight against’ global warming and climate change. Nuclear energy once a very popular alternative source for developed countries such as US, France, Russia, Republic of Korea, Germany, and Japan is being squeezed.