Nuclear Power

France currently gets 70% of its electricity from nuclear energy today. But over a harsh winter, the country, along with many other members of the EU, had to fire up coal plants to meet energy demands. Thus, on Thursday, President Emmanuel Macron announced six new nuclear reactors.

Nuclear energy currently supplies the world with 10% of its total electricity generation. And it accomplishes this with only 440 nuclear plants around the globe. That said, some are still afraid of nuclear expansion, but should they be?