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Nearly 30 countries generate electricity through nuclear plants, producing 11 percent of the world's electricity. While nuclear energy is expensive and potentially risky, it has the potential to produce a lot of renewable energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This is why Project Drawdown presents nuclear energy as a promising alternative energy source to coal, and a possible solution to climate change.
