Even with emission credits, nuclear power is simply too expensive to replace current fossil-fired electricity generation on any meaningful scale. Nuclear power is therefore not a form of sustainable development, as mandated by the Kyoto Protocol. Nuclear power carries the risk of nuclear weapons proliferation, and is also for that reason not a form of sustainable development. Nuclear power has been promoted as a way of helping developing countries, but in reality it tightens the chains of debt, dependency and environmental degradation. The high cost of nuclear power precludes investment in more appropriate forms of conservation, efficiency and renewable energy.
Nuclear power is unsafe, uneconomic, and un-sustainable.
It is no solution to the global crisis of climate change.