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According to the latest IPCC report 85 different scenarios were considered to keep global warming at 1.5c by 2050. In EVERY scenario the use of nuclear power will be needed to meet the 1.5c target. Just to show how crazy the IPCC’s plan is, in the most likely scenario nuclear power generation will have to increase by 100% of 2010 level by 2030 and 500% by 2050.
The negative economic consequences of nuclear power is noted but what will be the economic consequences in the future when the planet warms by 2c? What will be the cost when weather extremes cause crop failures, category 6 hurricanes, flooded coastlines and displaced people? As an example what happens when millions of Bangledeshis have to move to higher ground in India but there won’t be enough fresh water because the glaciers in the Himalayas have melted?
I’m definitely not pro-nuclear but I’m pointing out that all of the good options for dealing with climate change are now gone. We will be facing costs no matter what course of action or inaction we take and as uneconomic nuclear power is it may be our least worst option.

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