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The availability of energy per capita is a crucial parameter to decide the pace of any fast-growing economy along with the sustainability of its energy resources. Considering it, nuclear energy is the most promising source for future energy requirements as the carbon and greenhouse gas emission are almost negligible in comparison to other major energy resources such as fossil fuel and biofuel. In comparison to other promising clean sources namely solar energy and wind energy, nuclear energy provides a clean and continuous flow of energy supply and hence stands for ahead. At present, nuclear energy contributes about 10% of the total electricity of the world which will be projected to be 15% by considering the ongoing projects. The major advantage of nuclear energy is the availability of nuclear fuel and high efficiency with the least carbon emission. However, radioactive nuclear waste management and security concerns have been considered major challenges for future perspectives. This chapter explores the possibility of sustainable development of nuclear energy along with the challenges in this field.
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Akhilesh Yadav and Ajeet Singh are highly thankful to Ministry of Education (MoE), Government of India for providing the Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) under the scheme CSIR-UGC JRF.
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Yadav, A., Singh, A., Shukla, A. (2022). Nuclear Energy and Conventional Clean Fuel. In: Joshi, S.J., Sen, R., Sharma, A., Salam, P.A. (eds) Status and Future Challenges for Non-conventional Energy Sources Volume 1. Clean Energy Production Technologies. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4505-1_2
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