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Nuclear Power’s Awkward Role in Crucial COP26 Climate Talks

Is the industry green enough for the Green Zone?

A nuclear reprocessing plant in Japan.
Photographer: Sorichiro Koriyama/Bloomberg

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By Jonathan Tirone

October 26, 2021 at 10:00 AM UTC

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An unusual scuffle broke out last summer about what role nuclear energy should play at next week’s United Nations climate summit hosted by the U.K.