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Why Jacobs believes in the future of nuclear power
AHEAD OF THE COP26 CLIMATE SUMMIT, the IAEA released Nuclear for a Net Zero World, a report highlighting nuclear power’s critical role in the transition to cleaner forms of energy worldwide. In the past 50 years, nuclear power has averted about
70 gigatonne of carbon dioxide emissions and every year it adds another gigatonne to that tally - equivalent to the annual emissions from more than 217 million cars. Power generated from nuclear provides stability and
Karen Wiemelt
Senior Vice President of Energy, Security & Technology at Jacobs
resilience to electrical grids, thanks to its unique ability to ensure 24/7 energy supply with emission-free generation, whatever the weather. Even more importantly, increasing nuclear generation will take us closer to achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals on energy, economic expansion and climate action. We agreed with IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano
Grossi when he recently described nuclear power as “one of the most effective investments for the post-pandemic global economic recovery”. As the IAEA has correctly identified, investments in
Below: Barakah, where we have worked on programme management since the start of the project.
nuclear power create more economic impact than in other forms of energy, because they lead to the creation of new, highly specialised industries and create large numbers of highly skilled jobs. Jacobs employs more than 6,000 nuclear specialists.
We are investing in our nuclear business because we see growing demands for our services from existing and new
clients, in our traditional markets and in new geographies. We are working on new-build programmes in the UK, the
United Arab Emirates and Poland, three countries where policymakers have realised that nuclear must be central to their strategy to reduce reliance on fossil fuels.
Building for the future Another important reason to believe in the future of nuclear power is that technological advances are opening the way to new reactors and to better ways of dealing with radioactive waste. Meanwhile, the potential for using waste heat for hydrogen production means that nuclear’s role in the energy mix can extend beyond electricity. On a visit to Sellafield in the UK, where Jacobs has a
significant role in engineering design for major projects, I was immensely impressed by the progress being made to retrieve and treat waste from legacy facilities. Also at
Sellafield, Jacobs is preparing to carry out trials of new techniques for dismantling contaminated cells that avoid human exposure to radiological and conventional hazards and have the potential to considerably reduce the cost of decommissioning projects. In the US, the Department of Energy’s Office of
Environmental Management has shown that even the most contaminated sites left over from the Cold War can be given a new start. I am particularly proud of Jacobs’ involvement
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