VANCOUVER, CANADA – Today, leaders from the United States and Canada are unveiling a new book,
Breakthroughs: Nuclear Innovation in A Clean Energy System,
at the Tenth Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM10), a forum including
ministers from 25 nations, occurring this year in Vancouver, Canada from
May 27-29.
“The combination of vision and innovation is having a
profound impact on our energy landscape, and nowhere is that more true
than nuclear energy,” said U.S. Under Secretary of Energy Mark W.
Menezes. “Nuclear energy is one of our most reliable and cleanest
sources of energy, and we are determined to revive and revitalize the
nuclear energy industry with advanced and smart designs. This book
highlights some of the incredible transformative opportunities nuclear
innovation can bring to society and the clean energy future of our
planet.”
Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources Amarjeet Sohi
said, “The Clean Energy Ministerial is part of building the world’s
clean energy future. Canada is proud to host the 10th Clean Energy
Ministerial in Vancouver at this historic moment in time. We are pleased
to be working with the United States, Japan, and other countries under
the nuclear innovation initiative. We also welcome the release of
Breakthroughs – a collection a real stories about nuclear innovations
and how they can contribute to our climate change goals.”
“
Breakthroughs
is a valuable complement to our own analysis. Nuclear power makes an
important contribution to both energy security and sustainability in
many major economies. But without greater policy attention, it will
start to play a declining role worldwide, jeopardizing hopes of meeting
global clean energy goals,” said International Energy Agency (IEA)
Executive Director, Dr. Fatih Birol.
This book highlights new
technologies and approaches, such as advanced Small Modular Reactors
(SMRs), Generation IV technologies, and use of nuclear energy for
multiple applications, in coordination with renewables. Nuclear, working
with renewables, can support the energy needs for desalination to
produce clean drinking water, process heat to industry, flexible
electricity for the grid, hydrogen production, energy storage, and
nuclear waste reduction.
The
Breakthroughs book is a
product of the CEM Nuclear Innovation: Clean Energy Future (NICE Future)
initiative that was launched at the May 2018 Ninth CEM in Copenhagen,
Denmark. The NICE Future initiative envisions nuclear energy’s many uses
in contributing to clean, reliable energy systems of the future. Since
its inception in 2018 by the U.S., Japan, and Canada, the NICE Future
Initiative has engaged representatives from more than 80 organizations
from more than 35 countries and has attracted six new member countries.
More information on the NICE Future initiative can be found
here.
More information on the
Breakthroughs book can be found
here.
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