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Nuclear energy is indispensable to a carbon-free economy. That’s what government officials, utility executives and the heads of companies developing new reactors told the annual Nuclear Energy Assembly.

At this year's Nuclear Energy Assembly, Bill Gates and Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm discussed reaching the United State's climate goals by utilizing all the carbon-free energy tools we have, including nuclear.

Policymakers, climate advocates and innovators agree that we need to begin a major shift away from carbon emitting fuel sources and use every carbon-free energy source we can to reach our climate goals.

Bill Gates joins an agenda of policymakers, climate advocates and innovators—including Energy Secretary Granholm—at the 2021 Nuclear Energy Assembly, which runs from June 7-9

The International Energy Agency released a report last week, "Net Zero by 2050," about how to avoid the worst effects of climate change. We asked two of our experts about whether this warning will be enough to drive change in policy and corporate decision-making.

To reduce emissions as quickly as we can, we will need every carbon-free energy source available, including some that don’t exist yet. GE Hitachi’s BWRX-300 is a great example of innovation that will help us reach our ambitious climate goals.

To achieve zero carbon emissions by 2035, we’ll need to deploy a variety of technologies to decarbonize our entire economy, not just where we get our electricity. Among the innovations being researched are new ways to produce carbon-free hydrogen with nuclear energy.

After more than 45 years of powering New York with reliable, carbon-free electricity, the Indian Point Energy Center has shut down. Indian Point 2 and 3 have generated its last megawatts of electricity before prematurely ceasing operations.

At the moment climate change is recognized as an urgent problem and nuclear is viewed as an important part of the solution, a new study shows that reactors in PJM face shutdown down, right when they’re needed the most.

President Biden met with 40 world leaders and promised to get the United States back on the climate control track. . But real progress will require action, investment and policy, and nuclear energy will be key to making any climate solution work.