TY - JOUR

T1 - The debate on nuclear energy for sustainability

T2 - A comment

AU - Engler, John Oliver

AU - von Wehrden, Henrik

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2023 by the authors; licensee oekom. This Open Access article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY).

PY - 2023/10/27

Y1 - 2023/10/27

N2 - The role of nuclear energy to cut down on greenhouse gas emissions continues to be a contentious issue in many countries. Public debate is often convoluted and largely revolves around price and costs of energy production technologies as well as their contribution to climate change. Here, we first dissect two interwoven factors bound to produce confusion in the price-cost debate: temporal discounting and external costs. We then explore how a stronger focus on risk ethics could contribute to the debate on nuclear energy for sustainability.

AB - The role of nuclear energy to cut down on greenhouse gas emissions continues to be a contentious issue in many countries. Public debate is often convoluted and largely revolves around price and costs of energy production technologies as well as their contribution to climate change. Here, we first dissect two interwoven factors bound to produce confusion in the price-cost debate: temporal discounting and external costs. We then explore how a stronger focus on risk ethics could contribute to the debate on nuclear energy for sustainability.

KW - energy production

KW - nuclear power

KW - risk ethics

KW - sustainable energy

KW - Sustainability Science

KW - Sustainability sciences, Communication

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U2 - 10.14512/GAIA.32.3.4

DO - 10.14512/GAIA.32.3.4

M3 - Comments / Debate / Reports

AN - SCOPUS:85176363264

VL - 32

SP - 287

EP - 291

JO - GAIA

JF - GAIA

SN - 0940-5550

IS - 3

ER -