Environmentalists ‘may have to accept ‘taboo’ nuclear energy to decarbonise’

— that’s the suggestion from Kirsty Gogan, who spoke as part of the panel at Energy Live Expo last week in Westminster

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Environmentalists may have to accept ‘taboo’ nuclear energy to decarbonise. That’s the suggestion from Kirsty Gogan, Co-Founder and Global Director of environmental Non-Governmental Organisation Energy for Humanity (EFH) and partner at LucidCatalyst, who spoke as part of the panel at Energy Live Expo last week in Westminster. She noted that although nuclear energy has long been considered a taboo subject within the environmental movement, it will have to play a part alongside all other low carbon options in the journey towards net zero energy supply. ​ Ms. Gogan explained humanity has to figure out how to continue to power civilisation without destroying it and said nuclear would probably be required to complement renewables and support their intermittent generation. ​ > Read the full article