Tide is turning in Europe and beyond in favour of nuclear power

When millions of people across the Iberian peninsula were left without power last month the political fallout ignited debate over Europe's renewable energy agenda, and fuelled the rising interest in nuclear power. Europe's largest power blackout in decades, still largely unexplained, has raised questions about whether renewable energy can be relied on to provide a stable source of clean energy. It has also fuelled a renewed interest in the global nuclear power renaissance already under way. Despite long-held environmental concerns about nuclear power generation, political leaders across the globe are increasingly looking to lift restrictions on nuclear reactors or invest…