Energy Sustainability Through Nuclear Energy

Energy sustainability is one of the most vital factors for the growth of any nation as well as global mankind. With exponentially increasing energy demand and concerns for carbon emission/climate change, it is inevitable to pave a pathway for energy production, which takes care of ever-increasing energy requirements as well as provides clean energy resources. Though there are concerns related to the safety of nuclear reactors and safe treatment of the nuclear waste, nuclear energy is still one of the most clean energy sources in terms of carbon emission with large availability of fuels to run nuclear power plants. Thus, nuclear energy has strong potential to fill the present gap between need and supply and to provide energy sustainability. This chapter explores the possibility of achieving energy sustainability through nuclear energy along with the possible challenges in this direction.