Two years later, on the G8 in Japan, the leaders agreed that by 2050, there would be a 50% of reduction in greenhouse gases problems (BBC, 2009 a.).
There are some positive aspects of the nuclear power that convince the government to keep using it. The most important one due to the climate change is that it will help to reduce carbon emission because it counts with low amount of CO2 emissions (BBC, 2009 b.). Nuclear power only needs a few amount of uranium to produce a huge amount of energy and it also produces a lower amount of CO2 emissions than the fossil fuels. It's also necessary due to the people demands, because of the energy needs. Supporters claim that without nuclear power, the UK will not be able to face their energy demands. Even though the nuclear stations take too much time to be built, they work for many years and could provide at least 32,000 new jobs per year. Additionally, annual exports will rise from £700m to £1.6bn per year (Parker, Keith, 2014.). Furthermore, the Chief Executive of the Nuclear Industry Association argues that nuclear power is one of the cheapest ways of producing energy. The first modern plant will be Hinkley Point C in Somerset, this station is expected to produce around £2bn to the UK economy, nevertheless Burke argues about its 'high' price (92.50/MWh), but compared to the offshore wind (155/MWh) and the solar energy (120/MWh) we can see that the price is not that high. In other words, as we can see, nuclear power is effective, efficient and reliable. Another positive advantage for nuclear power is that it can provide energy 24/7, something none of the renewable sources are able to provide. The Chief Executive of the Nuclear Industry Association recently said nuclear power is one of the cheapest low-carbon technologies and is able to play a primary role to decarbonize the power sector (Parker, Keith, 2014.).
On the other hand, there are some negative aspects.