Nuclear Power is Crucial Solution to Energy Insecurity, UN Nuclear Chief Says

‘Net zero needs nuclear power,’ said the director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency.

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi speaks with journalists after he and a part of the IAEA mission came back from a Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant at a Ukrainian checkpoint in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, on Sept. 1, 2022. Anna Voitenko/Reuters

Nuclear power will play a crucial role in reaching net zero carbon emissions and energy security, director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Mariano Grossi said at the United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, on Friday.

Speaking at COP28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Dec. 1, Mr. Grossi said that global net zero carbon emissions could only be achieved by 2050 and that it will require “swift, sustained and significant investment” in nuclear energy.